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“You can blame it on the circumstances, the environment, but you made the choices you made, no one else. It's a lot to take in all at once, but it's essential that you make an effort to answer that question. Who are human beings? Because who we are determines the type of governing we need. Later on, I hope you can reflect and be honest with yourself about that you learned tonight.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“I am a chasm that will never be full. I am hunger. I am need. I cannot be sated. If you try, I will swallow you up. I will take all of you and want more. I will use you. I will drain you until you are nothing more than a husk.”
― The Prisoner’s Throne
― The Prisoner’s Throne
“People aren’t so bad, really,” she said. “It’s what the world does to them.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“The strain of being a full-fledged adult every day had grown tiresome.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“Why does anyone want anyone else? [...] We do not love because people deserve it - nor would I want to be loved because I was the most deserving of some list of candidates. I want to be loved for my worst self as well as my best. I want to be forgiven my flaws.”
― The Prisoner’s Throne
― The Prisoner’s Throne
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