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“We wouldn't even have wars, if adults followed the rules they learned as children. A four-year old would be able to see how foolish grown men are behaving if you explained the war in child's terms. A boy named Germany started causing problems all over the playground that included beating up a girl named Belgium on his way to hurt a kid named France. Then England tried to beat up Germany to help France and Belgium, and when that didn't work, they called over a kid named America, and people started pounding on him, too.”
― Cat Winters, In the Shadow of Blackbirds

“I'm not going to die," she said. "Not till I've seen it."
"Seen what?"
Her smile widened. "Everything.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“People aren’t so bad, really,” she said. “It’s what the world does to them.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Before need, before love, came trust.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes