Alcestis willingly sacrifices her life for that of her husband, Admetus, dying in his place when no one else will. An unsettling myth of self-sacrifice, it was unclear how it related to Alicia’s situation. The true meaning of the allusion
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“Trust is important.” “I think it’s more important than love. I mean, I love all kinds of things I don’t trust. Thunderstorms . . . white liquor . . . snakes. Sometimes I think I love them because I can’t trust them, and how mixed up is that?”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“He's like a drug for you, Bella.”
― Eclipse
― Eclipse
“You’ve no right to starve people, to punish them for no reason. No right to take away their life and freedom. Those are things everyone is born with, and they’re not yours for the taking. Winning a war doesn’t give you that right. Having more weapons doesn’t give you that right. Being from the Capitol doesn’t give you that right. Nothing does.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
“Snow lands on top”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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