"During the ages of faith the Church argued, not illogically, that any degree of cruelty towards sinners and heretics was justified, if there was a chance that it could save them, or others, from the eternal torments of hell. Thus, in the name of the religion of love, hundreds of thousands of people were not merely killed but atrociously tortured in ways that made the gas chambers of Beslen seem humane."

-- Margaret E. Knight

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“Every syllable that can be struck out is pure profit, and every page that can be economised is a five-per-cent dividend. Nature rebels against this rule; the flesh is weak, and shrinks from the scissors; I groan in retrospect over the weak.”
“You and me Haymitch.Very cozy.Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights sitting around the fire retelling old Hunger Games tale. -Peeta Mellark”
“My creed is LOVE; Wherever its caravan turns along the way, That is my belief, My faith.”
“It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.”
“You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.”
“I remember just lying in the grass, staring at the clouds, wondering where they drifted off to after they floated over Texas.”
“The laws of history tell us that only when the old is gone can the new take its place.”
“I cannot articulate enough to express my dislike to people who think that understanding spoils your experience... How would they know?”

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