“How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?”
― The Allegory of the Cave
― The Allegory of the Cave
“Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?"
He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this" -- he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose -- "distracting?"
I laugh. Boggs looks embarrassed and Finnick looks more like the guy I met at the Quarter Quell”
― Mockingjay
He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this" -- he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose -- "distracting?"
I laugh. Boggs looks embarrassed and Finnick looks more like the guy I met at the Quarter Quell”
― Mockingjay
“I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger at the door of a dream, the rain changes everything.”
― Out of the Dust
― Out of the Dust
“The way I see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust. Hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.
And I'm learning, watching Daddy, that you can stay in one place and still grow.”
― Out of the Dust
And I'm learning, watching Daddy, that you can stay in one place and still grow.”
― Out of the Dust
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