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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.
“There is nothing calm about having a baby,” —Letisha Ghanbari, who has helped to deliver two babies over the phone.
“I know what it’s like to be a mom at a playground with a kid who has to go,” —Jennifer Kuhr Butterfoss, an elementary-school principal, on why she opens the bathrooms of her school on the weekends.
“We shouldn't be taking 10 days off as a dangerous virus threatens this nation. And it is threatening us,” —Harry Reid, the U.S. Senate minority leader, on the Zika virus.
(Previous quotes from our sources here.)
About the Author
Rosa Inocencio Smith is a former assistant editor at The Atlantic.