Suzanne Collins quotes - page 16

Im still betting on you. - Cinna. (Suzanne Collins)
I miss him so badly it hurts. View quote
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Maybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. I don't care. I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good. Because really it's mostly for their own good. Lie to Katniss about the rebellion so she doesn't do anything crazy. View quote
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Something inside me twists as I remember another voice. Rue. In the arena. When I gave her the leg of groosling. "Oh, I've never had a whole leg to myself before.” The disbelief of the chronically hungry. View quote
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So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends. - Peeta Mellark. View quote
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You can tell by the way the girls whisper about him when he walks by in school that they want him. It makes me jealous but not for the reason people would think. Good hunting partners are hard to find. View quote
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And then, if you make it to bedtime, you feel the joy of cheating death out of one more day," she said. "Do you see? View quote
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Even if times got bad, he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be happy even if the present was painful. He would allow himself dreams. View quote
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They hadn't counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to pass on its genetic code, to thrive in a new form. They hadn't anticipated its will to live. View quote
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Most rats read. Our frustration is, we cannot hold a pen to write. View quote
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How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving. (Suzanne Collins)
The sensation inside me grows warmer and spreads out from my chest down through my body out along my arms and legs to the tips of my being. Instead of satisfying me the kisses have the opposite effect of making my need greater. View quote
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If you had hope, maybe you could find a way to make things change,. Because if you thought about it, there were so many reasons to try. View quote
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Remember, heads high. Smiles. They're going to love you! View quote
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The only thing worse than fighting a giant scorpion was fighting a giant scorpion who was trying to protect her young. View quote
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District 12. Where you can starve to death in safety," I mutter. Then I glance quickly over my shoulder. Even here, in the middle of nowhere, you worry someone might overhear you. View quote
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Deep in the meadow, hidden far away A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray Forget your woes and let your troubles lay And when again it's morning, they'll wash away. Here it's safe, here it's warm Here the daisies guard you from every harm The final lines are barely audible. Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true Here is the place where I love you. View quote
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Anyway, even if she's sugarcoating my good points, I appreciate it. Frankly, I could use a little sugarcoating. View quote
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I merely feel emptyness. A hollow of dead brush where flowers use to bloom. View quote
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I guess there isn't a rule book for what might be unacceptable to do to another human being. View quote
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I'm stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta. (Suzanne Collins)
It's just me and the Bane. And I'm fighting him because he killed all of those innocent mice and people, and I have to stop him. Not because Sandwich says so but because I say so. View quote
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Winning the Games will make you famous, losing will mean death. View quote
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Never underestimate the power of a brillian stylist. View quote
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What does this mean? It means I get to spend the morning having the hair ripped off my body while Peeta sleeps in. View quote
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