Your favorite colour . . . it's green?" "That's right." Then I think of something to add. "And yours is orange." "Orange?" He seems unconvinced. "Not bright orange. But soft. Like the sunset," I say. "At least, that's what you told me once." "Oh." He closes his eyes briefly, maybe trying to conjure up that sunset, then nods his head. "Thank you." But more words tumble out. "You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.
Suzanne CollinsI donโt stand a chance if he doesn't get better. Youโll never be able to let him go. Youโll always feel wrong about being with me.โ โThe way I always felt wrong kissing him because of you,โ I say. Gale holds my gaze. โIf I thought that was true, I could almost live with the rest of it.
Suzanne CollinsI keep hoping that as time passes by, weโll regain the ease between us, but part of me knows itโs futile. Thereโs no going back.
Suzanne CollinsHere, cover yourself with this and I'll wash your shorts." "Oh, I don't care if you see me," says Peeta.
Suzanne CollinsI've asked you fifty questions and still have no sense of your life, your family, what you care about. They want to know about you, Katniss." "But I don't want them to! They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to time in the past!" I say.
Suzanne CollinsBut it's Posy, Gale's five-year-old sister, who helps the most. She scoots along the bench to Octavia and touches her skin with a tentative finger. โYou're green. Are you sick?โ โIt's a fashion thing, Posy. Like wearing lipstick,โ I say. โIt's meant to be pretty,โ whispers Octavia, and I can see the tears threatening to spill over her lashes. Posy considers this and says matter-of-factly, โI think you'd be pretty in any color.
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