Suzanne Collins quotes - page 4

I'm almost there, almost to the barricade, when I thinks she hears me. Because for just a moment, she catches sight of me, her lips form my name. And that's when the rest of the parachutes go off. (Suzanne Collins)
She's really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail.
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When you're in the arena... you just remember who the enemy is.
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It's hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots." - Katniss.
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if he goes and dies on me now, I know I'll go completely insane.
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The damage, the fatigue, the imperfections. That's how they recognize me; Why I belong to them.
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He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to.
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It's weird, how much he's noticed me... And apparently, I have not been as oblivious to him as I imagined, either.
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Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream. [...] When I fully awaken, I'm momentarily comforted. I try to hold on to the peaceful feeling of the dream, but it quickly slips away, leaving me sadder than ever.
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It'd be better if he were easier to hate.
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Of course you are. The tributes were necessary to the Games, too. Until they weren't," I say. "And then we were very disposable - right, Plutarch? (Suzanne Collins)
The anguish I always feel when she's in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face.
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Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness.
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Maybe I'll be like that man in "The Hanging Tree'. Still waiting for an answer.
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Not daring to flee since my general location has just been broadcast to any killer who cares. I mean, I know it's cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag.
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Here, cover yourself with this and I'll wash your shorts." "Oh, I don't care if you see me," says Peeta.
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One time, my mother told me that I always eat like I'll never see food again. And I said, "I won't unless I bring it home." That shut her up.
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My sleep wasn't peaceful, though. I have the sense of emerging from a world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone.
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So, what do you think they'll do to him?" I ask. Prim sounds about a thousand years old when she speaks. "Whatever it takes to break you.
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Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it.
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Never," said Gregor. "I'll never get rid of you, no matter how hard I try." It was no longer an effort to say the words. "I love you." "I love you, too," said Luxa. After that there was nothing left to say. (Suzanne Collins)
Her name's Prim. She's just twelve. And I love her more than anything.
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Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say. "It must be. The sensation's completely new. How have you managed it all these years?
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They don't know that I'm already asking for the moon.
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Thinking like your prey... that's where you find their vulnerabilities.
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