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“She was a soldier, not some girl twisting her skirts at a village dance.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Leviathan

“That was the most painful thing I have ever had to tell my parents. I knew that it was going to hurt them to hear it, but they had to hear it from me. Other times in my life I’ve had to tell them about foolish things I’d done, and asked them for forgiveness, but telling them about the rape carved a deep wound in my heart.”
― Joy Tan-Chi Mendoza, When A Good God Allows Rape

“Suddenly a pair of searchlights lanced out from the frigate. They swept across the dark expanse - bright knives slicing the night into pieces.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Leviathan

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain