I am not the kind of person who becomes so invested in a book or movie or television show that my interest becomes a hobby or intense obsession, one where I start to declare allegiances or otherwise demonstrate a serious level of commitment to something fictional I had no hand in creating. Or, I didn't used to be that kind of person. Let me be clear: Team Peeta. I cannot fathom how one could be on any other team. Gale? I can barely acknowledge him. Peeta, on the other hand, is everything. He frosts things and bakes bread and is unconditional and unwavering in his love, and also he is very, very strong. He can throw a sack of four, is what I'm saying. Peeta is a place of solace and hope, and he is a good kisser.
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He greedi... JOHN GAY By outward show let's not be cheated;
An ass should like an ass be treated. JOHN GAY Originality provokes originality. JOHN GAY A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate. JOHN GAY 'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and died JOHN GAY To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who cheats a woman JOHN GAY 'Tis woman that seduces all mankind, / By her we first were taught the wheedling arts. JOHN GAY When we risk no contradiction, it prompts the tongue to deal in fiction JOHN GAY We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect... JOHN GAY We only part to meet again. / Change, as ye list, ye winds; my heart shall be / The faithful compass... JOHN GAY We are frustrated with the broken immigration system. It doesn't match the economic reality. JOHN GAY A fox may steal your hens, Sir, a whore your health and pence, Sir, your daughter rob your chest, Si... JOHN GAY Employers are frustrated because there is so much paperwork and oftentimes you don't know if things ... JOHN GAY