“I’m planning to,” said Sejanus. “I’m planning to build a whole new beautiful life here. One where, in my own small way, I can make the world a better place.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“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
“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
“Deep in the meadow, under the willow A bed of grass, a soft green pillow Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes And when again they open, the sun will rise. Here it’s safe, here it’s warm Here the daisies guard you from every harm Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true Here is the place where I love you.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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