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I’m already not enough for them, or, rather, I’m too much. Too quiet, too fat, too plain. “Stop it.” Saying the words out loud grounds me,
“She doesn’t belong to them,” snaps Maysilee. “Don’t just hand her over. Make them fight for her. Run!” So I do. And I’m a fast runner. The only kid who can beat me in footraces at school is Woodbine Chance. Well, he used to anyway. I run for Louella, but I run for Woodbine, too, because he’ll never run again.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“So don’t feed the nightmares. Don’t let yourself panic. Don’t give the Capitol that. They’ve taken enough already.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“I run for Louella, but I run for Woodbine, too, because he’ll never run again.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling
the truth. I don’t think this matters so long as
one knows what one is doing, and why.” — George Orwell”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
the truth. I don’t think this matters so long as
one knows what one is doing, and why.” — George Orwell”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“A world of words to wrap herself up in. Each book’s as precious as a person, she says, as it preserves someone’s thoughts and feelings long after they’re gone.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
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