Noticing Sentences

LOL "For real." It comes out breathless. It's weird-- now I want to prove it. I want some gay ID card to whip out like a cop badge. Or I could demonstrate in other ways. God. I would happily demonstrate. p13 "All history should be taught through rap by Lin-Manuel Miranda." p230 I don't know what comes next. Because Broadway tells me one thing, but Reddit tells me something very different. And no one's advice sees to fit how I feel. p272   Love it Here's my question: If a piece of trash never makes it into the trash can, can you even call it trash? Because let's just imagine-- and this is totally hypothetical-- let's say there's a crumpled shipping label on the floor. Is that trash? What if it's a glass slipper? p18 Description I don't know how people make friends in the summer. There are a million and a half people in Manhattan, but none of them make eye contact unless you already know them. And I don't know

Love it the scene where the stylists learn to braid from Mom p38 Foreshadowing "You'll probably have to pass a new law," I say with a giggle. "If that's what it takes," says the president with conspiratorial good humor. p76 Perspective "Safe to do what?" he says in a gentler tone. "Starve? Work like slaves? Send their kids to the reaping? You haven't hurt people-- you've given them an opportunity." p99 Because, deep down, I must know it isn't enough to keep myself, or my family, or my friends alive by running away. Even if I could. It wouldn't fix anything. It wouldn't stop people from being hurt the way Gale was today. p118

Description That's when their faces morphed into something far more concerning: fake nonchalance. p11 They had once been simple, single individuals. Then they got married and became a complex unit. Now they were regressing to their simpler form. No longer a family. Three single units. p23 Middle School Middle school seemed like an endless aching game where everyone knew the rules but her. p140 Someday, I'll be digging for specimens in Egyptian pyramids and none of this will matter. p182 Love It Studies also show that most people don't pursue their dreams. There are many reasons why, but one of them is lack of support and encouragement. Researchers at Ohio State University said any one person can often make a difference in another person's life, giving them the boost they need. p228 (Personal aside-- A few years ago, I was corresponding with someone in our state library system. I was inquiring about a grant opportunity and gave some information about my p

Freedom passage regarding crossing into the north- p48-49 "There are two things I've got a right to, and these are death or liberty. One of the other, I mean to have." p69 "I can't trust Uncle Sam with my people any longer." p72 "The Fourth of July is yours, not mine!" Douglass boomed, raising his fist into the air. For how could even one black person of the millions of black people in the United States celebrate Independence Day when not one black person was truly free? p78 discussion of why some people believed slavery was acceptable -79 capture of a black man in the North- p82 "You see," the general explained, "there will still be hundreds of slaves who won't even know they're free. The Rebels certainly won't let them know about the new law. Part of your job will be letting them know they're free." p97 Gender "Now look here. I done worked as hard as any man for twenty-four years. I made

Struggle What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes to roll in and die for their entertainment." p65 Everything is about them, not the dying boys and girls in the arena. p354 Prejudice  "How you've both successfully struggled to overcome the barbarism of your district." p74 Government/ Control "But I don't want them to! They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to me in the past!" p117 We stand for the anthem. I have to raise my head out of the required respect..." p134 "No, when the time comes, I'm sure I'll kill just like everybody else. I can't go down without a fight. Only I keep

Who we are "It's hard on Sandy and Dennys, too. I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're just able to pretend they are. I try to pretend, but it isn't any help." p19 "I do face facts," Meg said. "They're a lot easier to face than people, I can tell you." p31 "Because I care. Nobody else does. You don't know how lucky you are to be loved." p42 "But of course we can't take credit for any of our talents. It's how we use them that counts." p80 Time and Loss "Maybe if Father were here he could help you, but I don't think I can do anything till you've managed to plow through some more time. Then things will be easier for you. But that isn't much help right now, is it?" p19 #truth "I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be ." p29 "

Descriptions Because she wished so badly for protection, maybe her mother mistook his bloodlust for power and his brutality for strength. p8 Then he left with Mercedes, and Ofelia was alone for the first time with her mother in this old house smelling of cold winters and the sadness of people from ages past.p 7 But the darkness in the house was far more frightening, and the girl knew that it was fed by the man who'd brought them here. p22-23 She was one of those women who looked for strength in men instead of finding it in her own heart. p48 Ferreira drew comfort from his profession in these dark times: he liked being a healer when most others embraced destruction, but even healing had become a deadly task. p118 Sometimes we need to see what we feel so we can know about it. p142 Libraries don't keep secrets; they reveal them. p165 Adults/ Kids Learning about adults' secrets means learning to understand their world-- and how to survive it. p18 Children do

Note- Since this is part of a series, there may be spoilers for the SERIES, even if they are not spoilers for this BOOK. World-building There are lands across the ocean that no longer exist, now either frozen over or sand swept, flattened by the wrath of a few and the ignorance of the many. p8 bombs discussion- note on p 8 weather/ catastrophe p9 I am particularly concerned by man-made climate change, an easy trap to fall into, especially for advancing societies. p11 How could servants create such beauty and still be considered inferior? They are capable of wonders different from our own. p64 Because the war is not a war at all. It is an extermination. p108-109 Silvers aren't used to being denied anything, and they don't react well to hardship. p225 Shade Some texts vary in quality of preservation, and to my surprise and chagrin, many seem to disagree on the severity or magnitude of events, particularly those regarding climate.  p10 "And fewer Silve