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“Sometimes we went north,” said Tam Amber, and Coriolanus realized it was the first time he’d heard him speak.

“To what district?” asked Coriolanus.

“No district, really,” said Barb Azure. “Up where the Capitol didn’t care about.”

Coriolanus felt embarrassed for them. No such place existed. At least not anymore. The Capitol controlled the known world. For a moment, he imagined a group of people in wild animal furs scraping out an existence in a cave somewhere. He supposed such a thing could happen, but that life would be a big step down from even the districts. Barely human.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes & The Hunger Games Mockingjay By Suzanne Collins 2 Books Collection Set

“Houses are like books: so many of them around you, yet you only look at a few and visit or reside in fewer still.”
― Milorad Pavic

“War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“Alas, woman is faithful as long as she loves, but you demand that she be faithful without love and give herself without enjoyment. Who is cruel then, woman or man?”
― Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Venus in Furs