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Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
Here are the best quotes we heard from our sources today. (Click through to read the full stories.)
Dontae Sewell, who leads a wellness class in Oklahoma City: “If your friends love you, they still gonna visit even if you just serve them vegetables.”
George Sawaya, a gynecology professor, on why yearly pelvic exams aren’t necessary: “The focus should be on symptoms, and on how to keep people healthy, not to turn healthy people into patients.”
Sekwan Merritt, an inmate in a prison education program, on the Bible: “It’s like a book about Mafia, man. … The whole story’s about power and deceit.”
(Previous quotes from our sources here)
About the Author
Rosa Inocencio Smith is a former assistant editor at The Atlantic.