"The spirit of this city is undaunted, and the spirit of this country shall remain undimmed."
— President Barack Obama, on the Boston bombings
"The journey from Hopkinton to Boylston Street is now a 26.2-mile stretch of yellow police tape. Do not cross.
— Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe, on the Boston Marathon
"Shame on you."
— Patricia Maisch,
a survivor of the Tucson massacre, on the Senate's defeat of gun control