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"I keep wishing I could show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games.” ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

Only two kinds of daughters, those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!” - Amy Tan, Two Kinds 

"All at once she found in a black satin box, a superb diamond necklace." - Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace 

"Then she remebered she had fogotten to give him her adress ... or tell him that her youngest boy was named Bill too." - Langston Hughes, Early Autumn 

"Oh! . . . Is there any use continuing my lessons?" "Absolutly none, sir . . ." - R. K. Narayan, Like the Sun

"What are these  orange vegatables on people's doorsteps? ... "Pumkins my mother replied" ... "And the purpose", he responded? ... "You make jack-o-lanterns, I said, to scare people away! ... "I see," Mr. Pirzada said. "Very useful." - Jhumpa Lahiri, When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine

"Foruteen kilometers. Murad had pondered that number hundreds of times in the last year, trying to decide if the risk was worth it." - Laila Lalami, The Trip

“Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbrid

"A plague on both your houses..."

 William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet 

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