Mattie Lippe

“Do you know how many rapes end up with a conviction? Five out of one thousand. There are currently two hundred and fifty thousand unsolved murder cases in America. And if you get killed by a police officer, you know how likely the officer will be held accountable? One in two thousand.”
― Calla Henkel, Scrap: A Novel

“But why would you even want to help? War isn’t for women.” I lean very close to him and lower my voice to a dangerous pitch. “And yet we suffer most in them.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“The physician spoke with confidence. He was a man, after all. He had no reason to think he would not be believed.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

“The sinking of the Gustloff is the largest maritime disaster, yet the world still knows nothing of it. I often wonder, will that ever change or will it remain just another secret swallowed by war?”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea