What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends? - Flora Thompson

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If it's true, why do they leave us to live like this? With the hunger and the killings and the Games?" And suddenly I hate this imaginary underground city of District 13 and those who sit by, watching us die. They're no better than the Capitol.

Flora Thompson

What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?

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