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“That's when I see Lenore Dove. She's up on a ridge, her red dress plastered to her body, one hand clutching the bag of gumdrops. As the train passes, she tilts her head back and wails her loss and rage into the wind. And even though it guts me, even though I smash my fists into the glass until they bruise, I'm grateful for her final gift. That she's denied Plutarch the chance to broadcast our farewell.
The moment out hearts shattered? It belongs to us.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
The moment out hearts shattered? It belongs to us.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“...I can think of no realistic scenario in which he does not die. I can only hope that his death is quick and not in vain.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“Now you’re home, I guess I can eat the others.” “What others?” I feed her another gumdrop. “The ones Sid brought me. I put them under my pillow.” “But . . .” I look down at the bag. It’s a normal bag, with the Donners’ label. Then I notice the gumdrops. Not a variety of colors. Not a rainbow. They’re all a deep bloodred.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“But when I pull back, I taste the poison and know she is gone.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“I say my good-byes to those I love. Burdock and Blair. Hattie, Ma and Sid. And finally, Lenore Dove, my rare and radiant girl. I try not to be scared. I tell myself that everybody has to die sometime, and my number's up. In a way, it's a comfort that a bunch of people I know have gone before me...Maybe Lenore Dove's right, and I will meet up with them, and one day with her, in another world. Or maybe there's nothing, in which case it won't hurt any.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
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