“You cannot get near the truth without being there.”

British war correspondent Robert Fisk, who interviewed Osama bin Laden and spent a controversial career reporting on Middle East conflicts, speaking in a 2019 documentary. Fisk died on Oct. 30 at age 74.

“I have tried to be faithful and obedient to God’s Holy Word as best I understand it, as revealed through the Holy Scriptures.”

Episcopal Bishop William Love, who announced on Oct. 24 he would resign as bishop of Albany, N.Y., after a disciplinary panel ruled he had violated church rules by advising his clergy not to officiate same-sex wedding ceremonies.

“We met up for visits, and all the kids were crying. ... They didn’t want to leave each other, and at that moment, I knew, OK, I have to adopt all five.”

Robert Carter, a single father who began fostering three young brothers in December 2019 before learning they had two sisters in the foster system. He adopted all five on Oct. 30. Carter spent time in the foster system himself as a child.

“They’re calling you on the squid phone.”

Biologist Christopher Mah to Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History zoologist Mike Vecchione after a remote vehicle near the coast of Australia captured video footage of the elusive ram’s horn squid. “It’s like the pixie-size version of the giant squid,” another biologist said.

“When I look in the gym now, there are lots of 16- or 17-year-olds on substances like steroids. ... It’s really frightening.”

A man from Wales, U.K., who lifts weights, uses steroids, and suffers from “bigorexia,” an exaggerated desire to become more muscular. One in 10 U.K. men could have the condition, which can lead to depression or steroid abuse, according to the BBC.