Quotables

“I’m 5 foot 9, and I’ve got a reasonable stride, [it was] a good three-and-a-bit paces.”

SYBIL ROBERTSON describing the length of a rare specimen of oarfish—one of the ocean’s longest and most unusual fish—she found washed up while walking along the Tasmanian coast June 2.¹

“We will respond to Russian terror and destroy the enemy everywhere—at sea, in the air, and on land.”

Ukrainian security service chief VASYL MALIUK after a June 1 drone attack deep in Russian territory destroyed at least 10 of Russia’s strategic aircraft, including bombers.

“Our worst held fears are being confirmed.”

UN human rights chief VOLKER TÜRK on dozens of bodies discovered at sites in Libya linked to a state security militia suspected of extrajudicial killings.

“History didn’t happen where it’s convenient.”

CHRIS DORFSCHMIDT, North Dakota’s historic sites regional manager, on his office’s ongoing efforts to install flush toilets at the state’s most popular historical sites.

“Judicial autonomy is over.”

Mexican criminal judge ROBERTO POSÁN on Mexico’s new scheme of electing all judges, which critics fear will lead to corruption. The first judicial election was held June 1.²

¹The Guardian; ²The Wall Street Journal