Louise

“Time’s strange, isn’t it,’ I say after a while. She meets my eye but doesn’t speak. ‘Sometimes it moves so slowly, and then suddenly …’ I move my hand as fast as I can, demonstrating the way that twenty years of my life just happened. ‘That’s the sort of thing we don’t think about as children,’ says the priest. ‘We just were, you know?”
― Lisa Ridzén, When the Cranes Fly South

“Fewer than 7 per cent of the 95,000 domestic abuse-related crimes reported to the Met in 2022 resulted in a charge. Of those charged, 66.4 per cent of those that reached court resulted in a conviction, which means that around just 4 per cent of those 95,000 people who reported domestic abuse will see their abuser held accountable in a court of law. Out of all forces in England and Wales, the Met have the most woeful figures, which is some cause for concern when two women are killed every week by a current or former partner in England and Wales.”
― Nusrit Mehtab, Off the Beat: My life as a Brown, Muslim Woman in the Met

“You’re not the one stuck with a lifetime’s worth of memories in a body that’s slowly withering away.”
― Lisa Ridzén, When the Cranes Fly South

“was so much more violent than Salem. There should be memorials all over the place. The names should be recognized. This is something that’s so relevant today. It’s very much important for us to learn about now.”
― Claire Mitchell, How to Kill a Witch: A Guide for the Patriarchy