‘I am human. And amid these dark times, I, too, miss joy, light, and fun.’
SANNA MARIN,
Finland’s Prime Minister, on Aug. 23, responding to criticism over images of her partying with friends
‘FLORIDA IS WHERE WOKE GOES TO DIE.’
RON DESANTIS, the state’s Republican governor, after winning re-election Nov. 8
‘I VERY MUCH DESIRE TO BE DIVORCED.’
KIM KARDASHIAN, in Feb. 23 legal documents, seeking to end her marriage to Kanye West, whom she described as causing her “emotional distress”
‘Will Liz Truss outlast this lettuce?’
THE DAILY STAR, a British tabloid, after setting up a livestream pitting a vegetable’s staying power against the Prime Minister’s; the lettuce won after Truss resigned on Oct. 20
‘Please send the police now.’
A FOURTH-GRADE STUDENT in Uvalde, Texas, in a phone call to law enforcement during the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School
‘I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples.’
POPE FRANCIS, on July 25, regarding the role of Catholic schools in the forced assimilation of Native peoples in Canada
‘I’M THE EFFING PRESIDENT; TAKE ME UP TO THE CAPITOL NOW.’
Former White House aide
CASSIDY HUTCHINSON, in June 28 testimony, relating what then President Donald Trump reportedly instructed his security detail to do during the Jan. 6 insurrection
‘I was out of line and I was wrong.’
WILL SMITH, in an
Instagram post on March 28, apologizing for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars on March 27
‘I EXPERIENCED A RESUR
