Suzanne Collins quotes - page 13

Frankly, our ancestors don't seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars, the broken planet. Clearly, they didn't care about what would happen to the people who came after them. (Suzanne Collins)
Please feel free to take this personally. View quote
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His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel. View quote
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Right before the explosions begin, I find a star. View quote
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In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness. View quote
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By the way, I know about the kiss." Then the door clicks shut behind him. View quote
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They're betting on how long I'll live!" I burst out. "They're not my friends!" "Well, try and pretend!" snaps Effie. Then she composes herself and beams at me. "See, like this. I'm smiling at you even though you're aggravating me. View quote
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Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?" I ask. "No." A long time passes before he adds, "She crept up on me. View quote
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It's the first time I've ever kissed a boy, which should make some sort of impression I guess, but all I can register is how unnaturally hot his lips are from the fever. View quote
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Dawn comes before sleep does. View quote
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Yes. I killed him. And buried her in flowers," I say. "And I sang her to sleep. (Suzanne Collins)
The more likable he is, the more deadly he is. View quote
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Something flickers across his bloodshot eyes. Pain. View quote
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That what?" "That I knew i misjudged you. That you love him. I'm not saying In what way. Maybe you don't know yourself. But anyone paying attention could see how much you care about him," he says gently. View quote
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Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children's lives to settle its differences. View quote
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I'm in a shallow hole, not filled with the humming orange bubbles of my hallucination but with old, dead leaves. View quote
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But some secrets are too delicious not to share. View quote
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My lips are just forming his name when his fingers lock around my throat. View quote
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Not if we blow it up," Gale says brusquely. His intent, his full intent, becomes clear. Gale has no interest in preserving the lives of those in the Nut. No interest in caging the pray for later use. This is one of his death traps. View quote
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I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips. View quote
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No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire. (Suzanne Collins)
I've stopped talking because there's really nothing left to say and there's this piercing sort of pain where my heart is. Maybe I'm even having a heart attack, but it doesn't seem worth mentioning. View quote
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Eyes on the forest, not on the trees. View quote
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They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There's no one left I love. View quote
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I don't think it's going to work out. Winning... won't help in any case. Because... she came here with me. - Peeta Mellark. View quote
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