--Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
“Relatives and friends began to search for a bridegroom. A part of me hoped that they would be successful and that someone wanted me. A part of me hoped that no one in the world would want me enough to take me away from my home and my maa and baap and brothers. I knew that after my marriage, I would have to make my home with the family of my husband. For my dowry I began to embroider a quilt,making all my worries stitiches, and all the things I would have to leave behind pictures to take with me.”
--Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
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“She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath and then you can hear a pin drop, and I’m feeling nauseous and so desperately hoping that it’s not me, that it’s not me, that it’s not me. Effie Trinket crosses back to the podium, smoothes the slip of paper, and reads out the name in a clear voice. And it’s not me. It’s Primrose Everdeen.”
--The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins |