Humor, Anger, Make-Up, Stephen King, Bag of Bones

“Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.” ― Stephen King, Bag of Bones

Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

Write, Do Not Speak, Voice, Terrified, Silence, Audre Lorde

"I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't." - Audre Lorde

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde409007.html.

Truth, Justice, Malcolm X

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against." - Malcolm X

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_385966

Doing What You Do, Something, Grace Paley

“You come to doing what you do by not being able to do something.” - Grace Paley, failed poet, acclaimed short story writer.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 163.

Chubby Hubby Ice Cream, Can't Say No, Sidney Biddle Barrows

“Chubby Hubby ice cream – I can't say no anymore.” - Sidney Biddle Barrows, the erstwhile Mayflower Madam, on the subject of her sole remaining vice.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 21.

Wrong, Majority, Leo Tolstoy, A Confession

“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.” ― Leo Tolstoy, A Confession

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/128382.Leo_Tolstoy.

Carelessness, Incompetence, Deliberate, Department of Justice, Unsafe, Danielle Bensky

“I thought it was carelessness, and then I went to incompetence, and now it feels a bit deliberate. … I feel like the Department of Justice has really made us feel unsafe.” – Danielle Bensky, a former ballerina who met Jeffrey Epstein at 17, speaking to NBC News about the disclosure of victim-identifying information in the DOJ’s release of the Epstein files.

Found in Spring 2026 issue of Ms. Magazine, page 6.