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"Luxa and I do not serve food, we are royalty."
"Yeah, well, I'm the warrior and Boots is a princess. And you two are going to get pretty hungry if you're waiting for me to serve you."
"Tell him, boy. Tell him your country fought a war so you wouldn't have to answer to kings and queens."

— Suzanne Collins Gregor the Overlander (2003)

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Closing my eyes doesn’t help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.

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No wonder I won the games. No decent person ever does.

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Tell him your country fought a war so you wouldn't have to answer to kings and queens."

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