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“I drink in his wholeness, the soudness of his body and mind. It runs through me like the morphling they give me in the hospital, dulling the pain of the last weeks.”
― Mockingjay
― Mockingjay
“Hey, look at this!" He holds up a glistening, perfect pearl about the size of a pea. "You know, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns to pearls," he says earnestly to Finnick.
"No, it doesn't," says Finnick dismissively. But I crack up, remembering that's how a clueless Effie Trinket presented us to the people of the Capitol last year, before anyone knew us. As coal pressured into pearls by our weighty existence. Beauty that arose out of pain.”
― Catching Fire
"No, it doesn't," says Finnick dismissively. But I crack up, remembering that's how a clueless Effie Trinket presented us to the people of the Capitol last year, before anyone knew us. As coal pressured into pearls by our weighty existence. Beauty that arose out of pain.”
― Catching Fire
“I’m just glad you didn’t die while we were gone,” Brent said. “He’d be so pissed. And you know, you’d be dead. So that would suck.”
― The Savage Grace
― The Savage Grace
“I said "real”
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“I motioned for Slade to pick her up. “Take care of her, will you?” I asked him.
Slade looked down at Katie, still clinging to his legs, and then back at me. A stricken look crossed his face. He leaned toward me and whispered, “Um. To be clear, are you asking me to kill her and dump her body?”
“What? No! Why on earth would you think that?”
Brent cleared his throat. “To a Shadow King, ‘taking care of someone’ has a very different connotation.”
“Oh . . . Oh!” I was going to have to be more careful with my vocabulary choices in the future.”
― The Savage Grace
Slade looked down at Katie, still clinging to his legs, and then back at me. A stricken look crossed his face. He leaned toward me and whispered, “Um. To be clear, are you asking me to kill her and dump her body?”
“What? No! Why on earth would you think that?”
Brent cleared his throat. “To a Shadow King, ‘taking care of someone’ has a very different connotation.”
“Oh . . . Oh!” I was going to have to be more careful with my vocabulary choices in the future.”
― The Savage Grace
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