Like all humans, they see what they expect to see.
“Good-bye, Maysilee Donner, who I loathed, then grudgingly respected, then loved. Not as a sweetheart or even a friend. A sister, I’d said. But what is that exactly? I think about our journey — everything from sniping with her in those early days after the reaping to battling those pink birds. I guess that’s my answer. A sister is someone you fight with and fight for. Tooth and nail.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“A real leader has the courage to speak up for change even if other people disagree.”
― Finding Bear
― Finding Bear
“Sometimes the people you loved left you halfway through a story. Sometimes they left you without a goodbye. And, sometimes, they stayed around in little ways. In the memory of a musical. In the smell of their perfume. In the sound of the rain, and the itch for adventure, and the yearning for that liminal space between one airport terminal and the next. I hated her for leaving, and I loved her for staying as long as she could. And I would never wish this pain on anyone.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
“Isn't it strange how the world works sometimes? It's never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
“Frankie had never known before that words could heal, at least be the beginning of healing.”
― The Women
― The Women
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