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“I refused to fold myself into society’s version of the perfect damsel in distress, and if that meant my story would remain unspoken until it died with me then so fucking be it.”
― I.I.E., Dear Ana

“Just because you’re easily pleased, doesn’t mean you deserve anything less than everything.”
― I.I.E., Dear Ana

“Being the bigger person didn’t mean I was weak and couldn’t defend myself, it just meant I was selective with what and who deserved my energy.”
― I.I.E., Dear Ana

“No one can dwell over a zombie, because they were never meant to be alive in the first place.”
― I.I.E., Dear Ana

“I was truly my brother’s sister.”
― I.I.E.

“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Stupid people are dangerous.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say.

“I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror,” he says.

“You should wake me,” I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down.

“It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,” he says. “I'm okay once I realize you're here.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“I don't want you forgetting how different our circumstaces are. If you die, and I live, there's no life for me at all back in District Twelve. You're my whole life." Peeta says. "I would never be happy again. It's different for you. I'm not saying it wouldn't be hard. But there are other people who'd make your life worth living."

"No one really needs me," he says, and there's no selfpity in his voice. It's true his family doesn't need him. They will mourn him, as will a handfull of friends. But they will get on.... I realise only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.

"I do," I say. "I need you.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“Aim higher in case you fall short.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“You were my little bit of magic.”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“He had never known two people could be simultaneously so angry with each other and so much in love.  

And it was love. Without a doubt.”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“I've loved keeping your secret, Remus wanted to say, I'd keep a thousand more, for you.”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“after all that waiting they hadn't had very long at all in the end”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“Sorry isn't good enough. Your guilt isn't good enough. I need you to feel it too. I trusted you. I trusted you with every last secret, I offered you every piece of me. What else have I got now? I could kill you. I could bash your teeth in so you choke on them, I could wrap my hands around your throat and squeeze, I could rip you to pieces, I could, I could, I could kiss you, you fucking bastard.”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“In early 1998 the letters stopped, and Grant knew. Sometimes he thought he'd felt it, deep inside, like a thread being cut. Remus was dead”
― MsKingBean89, All The Young Dudes

“It was James who had an ego the size of a lake but a heart to match it.”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“As he unlocked his front door, he could hear the phone ringing. It took him a few moments to get in - the wooden frame had swollen with all the rainfall, and the door got gummed up sometimes - but when he got in, it was still ringing. Must be urgent , he thought, absent-mindedly.
He shouted, “Padfoot? You in?” as he crossed the the room, then lifted the receiver, “Hello?”
“Hello? Hello, Remus, is that you?”
“Mary? Hi! I just got back - where the hell is everybody?!”
There was a strange silence on the end of the phone, and a horrible static prickle ran down his spine. “Mary?!”
“You haven’t heard…”
“Jesus Christ, Mary, what?!”
“Remus… something awful has happened.”
She started explaining, and Remus fell to his knees as the whole world began to fall apart.”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“[T]he problem was, some limits weren’t fences. Sometimes they were edges; with nothing on the other side.”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“Love. It’s the only thing you get to take with you, you know”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“He wished they would invite him, just once. He wished he wasn't always the one left out, he wished he knew how it felt to have a friend as close as James. More than ever, he wanted someone to talk to. Suddenly overwhelmed, Remus quickly casted his own spell, so the others wouldn't hear him crying.”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“James had a clearer understanding of love than anyone, and if he said he was going to marry [Lily] one day then he probably would.”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“I trusted you. I trusted you with every last secret, I offered you every piece of me. What else have I got, now?”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“I loved you, and you left me with nothing , do you understand? I had nothing except a lot of scars and a drinking habit. So don’t start interrogating me about the bits of my life I’ve been able to put back together.”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“We’re all dying,” Sirius replied.

“Maybe.” Remus agreed, lacing their fingers together, “But shouldn’t life last longer, if it can be like this?”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes

“By the time that wretched summer term ended, the only person Remus despised more than Sirius was himself, for continuing to love him just the same.”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes