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“​“I like pink,” Cat said. “Laila’s is purple. What about you?” ​Jean frowned as he thought it over, gaze drifting over the assortment of clothes piled in their shopping cart. At last he settled on the only one that made sense: “Brown.” It was not the answer Cat was expecting, judging by her reaction, but Jean didn’t waste his time explaining. Brown like the soil in Rhemann’s garden, or the sand where the tide washed ashore, or the dirt roads Cat had led him down time and again. Brown like the gaze that sought Jean out in every room, but that last thought wasn’t one he could linger on.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Golden Raven

“And while Lenore Dove will forever be my true love, Louella is my one and only sweetheart.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“I run for Louella, but I run for Woodbine, too, because he’ll never run again.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“She’s not an easy person; she’s like me, Peeta always says. But she was smarter than me, or luckier.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping