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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)

by Suzanne Collins

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“That's life for you," said McDunn. "Someone always waiting for someone who never comes home. Always someone loving some thing more than that thing loves them. And after a while you want to destroy whatever that thing is, so it can't hurt you no more.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Fog Horn

tags: life, lonliness, lost-love

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“You tried to tell your story to people who didn't know how to listen.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

tags: carmen-maria-machado, in-the-dream-house, lack-of-understanding, story

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“And now time is rushing towards them
where they stand side by side with arms touching, immortality on their faces, night at their back.”
― Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red

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“I’m not wise at all. I told you, I know nothing. I know books, and I know how to string words together—it doesn’t mean I know how to speak about the things that matter most to me.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

tags: andre-aciman, armie-hammer, call-me-by-your-name, timothy-chalamet

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