I'm not interested in those who do me wrong. There's not enough time in the day for them.

I want to be sitting in front of my computer, where you can press a button to block out your junk mail. These two are my junk mail.

But then Froi looked back to where his work lay unfinished and it made him sad because there had been something about the touch of earth in his hands that made him feel worthwhile.

Because today, I think I'm leaning on the side of wonder.

Everyone had told him to be strong for her, but Finnikin didn't know how to be strong for himself.

Phaedra shook her head. “If your people mean no offense, they should not speak their thoughts out loud in front of their children, Tesadora. Because it will be their children who come to slaughter us one day, all because of careless words passed down by their elders who meant no harm.

His father's made us paint half this town and if we stick around any longer he'll make us paint the rest of it." -Jonah Griggs