Melissa
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It doesn’t matter how many schools the Nazis close, he would say to them. Each time someone stops to tell a story and children listen, a school has been established.
“Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel.
"You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says.”
― Catching Fire
"You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says.”
― Catching Fire
“I want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you. -Peeta Mellark”
― Catching Fire
― Catching Fire
“I had a choice. I was Louisa Clark from New York or Louisa Clark from Stortfold. Or there might be a whole other Louisa I hadn’t yet met. The key was making sure that anyone you allowed to walk beside you didn’t get to decide which you were, and pin you down like a butterfly in a case. The key was to know that you could always somehow find a way to reinvent yourself again.”
― Still Me
― Still Me
“But how shall I tell you all these things," he said, the line of his mouth twisting. "And then say to you -- it is only you I have ever loved? How should you believe me?"
The question hung in the air between us, shimmering like the reflection from the water below.
"If you say it,” I said, “I’ll believe you.” .....
"Only you,” he said, so softly I could barely hear him. “To worship ye with my body, give ye all the service of my hands. To give ye my name, and all my heart and soul with it. Only you. Because ye will not let me lie—and yet ye love me.”
I did touch him then.
"Jamie,” I said softly, and laid my hand on his arm. “You aren’t alone anymore.”
― Voyager
The question hung in the air between us, shimmering like the reflection from the water below.
"If you say it,” I said, “I’ll believe you.” .....
"Only you,” he said, so softly I could barely hear him. “To worship ye with my body, give ye all the service of my hands. To give ye my name, and all my heart and soul with it. Only you. Because ye will not let me lie—and yet ye love me.”
I did touch him then.
"Jamie,” I said softly, and laid my hand on his arm. “You aren’t alone anymore.”
― Voyager
“To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.”
― The Hunger Games
― The Hunger Games
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