That it's no good loving me because I'm never going to get married anyway and he'd just end up hating me later instead of sooner.
Suzanne CollinsThen itโs just Venia, whose skin is so pale her tattoos appear to be leaping off it. Almost rigid with determination, she does my hair and nails and makeup, fingers flying swiftly to compensate for her absent teammates. The whole time, she avoids my gaze. Itโs only when Cinna shows up to approve me and dismiss her that she takes my hands, looks me straight in the eye, and says, โWe would all like you to know what aโฆprivilege it has been to make you look your best.โ Then she hastens from the room.
Suzanne Collins"Katniss," Gale says softly. I recognize that voice. It's the same one he uses to approach wounded animals before he delivers a deathblow. I Instinctively raise my hand to block his words but he catches it and holds on tightly. "Don't," I whisper. But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me. "Katniss, there is no District Twelve."
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