Convictions, Science, Historical Experience, Elections, Alexey Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir

“But I will not give up either my ideas or my homeland. My convictions are not exotic, sectarian, or radical. On the contrary, everything I believe in is based on science and historical experience. Those in power should change. The best way to elect leaders is through honest and free elections. Everyone needs a fair legal system. Corruption destroys the state. There should be no censorship. The future lies in these principles.” ― Alexey Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7149583.Alexei_Navalny.

Fashion, Rise of Fascism, Thinness, Hannah Einbinder

“My fashion hot take is that as we see a rise of fascism, there is a direct correlation with thinness, to make women take up less space.” – Hacks costar Hannah Einbinder, in an interview with Cosmopolitan.

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

Scariest Moment, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found in Goodreads Stephen King quotes section.

History, Grave Threats, Liberty, Constitutional Rights, Thurgood Marshall

“History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.” ― Thurgood Marshall

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/331989.Thurgood_Marshall.

Beginning, Today, Mary Shelley

“The beginning is always today.” ― Mary Shelley

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/11139.Mary_Wollstonecraft_Shelley.

Serious Political Leader, Fellow Citizens, Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir

“A serious political leader cannot simply decide to turn his back on a huge number of his fellow citizens because he personally dislikes their views.” ― Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7149583.Alexei_Navalny.

Fashion Dropout, Harper's Bazaar, Molly Ivins

“Although a life-long fashion dropout, I have absorbed enough by reading Harper's Bazaar while waiting at the dentist's to have grasped that the purpose of fashion is to make A Statement. My own modest Statement, discerned by true cognoscenti, is, 'Woman Who Wears Clothes So She Won't Be Naked.'” - Molly Ivins

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 37.