"I don't think people were paying attention to what the consequences were going to be, and it just passed." - ERIC STERLING, Sentencing, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #Sentencing #EricSterling

"But occasionally, even a very popular childhood myth can make it through, like unicorns." - ALEX BLUMBERG, A Little Bit of Knowledge, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #ALittleBitofKnowledge #NationalUnicornDay #AlexBlumberg

"So I got him a beer, an old one from the fridge." - ELIJAH SULLIVAN, I Hate Mysteries, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #NationalBeerDay #ElijahSullivan

"She visited the library once to ask, and they said they weren't sure." - STEPHANIE FOO, The Room of Requirement, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #TheRoomofRequirement #NationalLibraryDay #StephanieFoo

"If you're stressed, a rat can smell that." - ELNA BAKER, Must Be Rats on the Brain, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #WorldRatDay #ElnaBaker

"The rat improv in our last story was Chris Gethard and Tami Sager." - BASHIR SALAHUDDIN, Must Be Rats on the Brain, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #WorldRatDay #BashirSalahuddin

"Surprisingly, it sometimes still seemed to fool people." - EVAN RATLIFF, My Other Self, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #AprilFools #AprilFoolsDay #EvanRatliff

"Amy Sedaris played the woman silently listening at the bar." - IRA GLASS, Death to Wacky, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #DeathtoWacky #AmySedaris #HappyBirthdayAmySedaris #IraGlass

"Jay Leno's monologue features innovative humor about airlines and Viagra and Linda Tripp." - SARAH VOWELL, Advice, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #Advice #NationalViagraDay #SarahVowell

"After dinner and another bottle of whiskey, they went out to the yard and burned the note!" - SEAN COLE, The Room of Requirement, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #TheRoomofRequirement #InternationalWhiskeyDay #SeanCole