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“Your dress has been a big hit in the Capitol!"
"Has it? Well, the Covey love color, and me more than most. But this was my mama's, so it's extra special to me," she said.
"She in District Twelve?" Lepidus asked.
"Just her bones, darling. Just her pearly white bones.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
"Has it? Well, the Covey love color, and me more than most. But this was my mama's, so it's extra special to me," she said.
"She in District Twelve?" Lepidus asked.
"Just her bones, darling. Just her pearly white bones.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“It's one thing to speak of humans' essential nature theoretically, another to consider it when a fist is smashing into your mouth.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“It's Lucy Gray and I'm not really from Twelve," she said. "My people are Covey. Musicians by trade. We just took a wrong turn one day and were obliged to stay.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“For a moment he laughed, forgetting where they were, how depressing the backdrop. For a moment there was just her smile, the musical cadence of her voice, and the hint of flirtation. Then the world exploded.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“Then she gave him a kiss. Not a peck. A real kiss on the lips, with hints of peaches and powder. The feel of her mouth, soft and warm against his own, sent sensations surging through his body. Rather than pulling back, he held her even tighter as the taste and touch of her made his head spin. So this was what people were talking about! This was what made them so crazy! When they finally broke apart, he drew a deep breath, as if surfacing from the depths.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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