Ann Dixon

“Tragically, suicide is now the leading cause of firefighter deaths, surpassing those lost in action.”
― Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose

“When she requested to route through Paris, only slightly out of her way so that she could seek urgent repairs to her prosthetic leg, she was currently instructed that her costs would not be reimbursed.”
― Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

“Clothes were hard to buy, especially bras because of the labor and multiple components involved.”
― Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

“Leather stocks have been requisitioned by the German military, so there was a desperate shortage of normal shoes. The rudimentary footwear sometimes still on sale in the shops had wooden soles that clacked loudly as their wearers walked down the street, a wartime phenomenon that became the soundtrack to Nazi rule.”
― Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II