“Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena.”
― Mockingjay
― Mockingjay
“The anguish I always feel when she's in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face.”
― The Hunger Games
― The Hunger Games
“If I could grow wings, I could fly. Only people can't grow wings," he say's. "Real or not real?"
"Real," I say. "But people don't need wings to survive."
"Mockingjays do.”
― Mockingjay
"Real," I say. "But people don't need wings to survive."
"Mockingjays do.”
― Mockingjay
“Katniss. I remember about the bread.”
― Mockingjay
― Mockingjay
“I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me."
His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs.”
― Mockingjay
His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs.”
― Mockingjay
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