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His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel.

His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel.

Suzanne Collins
Dad, Cavemen, Genius
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.84, Scholastic Inc.

And while I was talking, the idea of actually losing Peeta hit me again and I realized how much I don't want him to die. And it's not about the sponsors. And it's not about what will happen when we get home. And it's not just that I don't want to be alone. It's him. I do not want to lose the boy with the bread.

Suzanne Collins
Home, Boys, Talking
"The Hunger Games". Book by Suzanne Collins, September 14, 2008.

In really bad times, the hungriest would gather at his door at nightfall, vying for the chance to earn a few coins to feed their families by selling their bodies. Had I been older when my father died, I might have been among them. Instead I learned to hunt.

Suzanne Collins
Father, Doors, Coins
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.635, Scholastic Inc.

I look down from the branch I'm perched on. The Careers look murderous. Now I smile.'How have things been with you?' I ask sweetly.

Suzanne Collins
Careers, Looks, Branches

And here I am, strapped into a tree, a stone's throw from the biggest idiot in the games.

Suzanne Collins
Here I Am, Games, Tree

This was the door to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key.

Suzanne Collins
Keys, Doors, Gale

The damage, the fatigue, the imperfections. That's how they recognize me; Why I belong to them.

Suzanne Collins
Imperfection, Damage, Fatigue
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.90, Scholastic Inc.

That was the first time I ever saw him smile. It transformed him from someone menacing to someone you wished you knew.

Suzanne Collins
Saws, Firsts, First Time
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.150, Scholastic Inc.

Katniss, there is no District Twelve.

Suzanne Collins
Katniss, Twelve, Gale Hawthorne
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.303, Scholastic

Don't want that, do they?” She throws back her head and shouts, “Whole country in rebellion? Wouldn't want anything like that!

Suzanne Collins
Country, Want, Rebellion
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.270, Scholastic

Something flickers across his bloodshot eyes. Pain.

Suzanne Collins
Pain, Eye, Bloodshot Eyes
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.715, Scholastic Inc.

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.

Suzanne Collins
Blow, Nuts, Use

Fire beats roses again.

Suzanne Collins
Fire, Rose, Beats
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.782, Scholastic UK

When I ask Plutarch about his absence, he just shakes his head and says, "He couldnt face it." "Haymitch? Not able to face something? Wanted a day off, more likely," I say. "I think his actual words were 'I couldn't face it without a bottle,'" says Plutarch.

Suzanne Collins
Thinking, Days Off, Bottles

Everything is about them, not the dying boys and girls in the arena.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Boys, Dying
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.16, Scholastic Inc.

At least, you two have decent manners," says Effie as we're finishing the main course. "The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages. It completely upset my digestion." ... My mother taught Prim and me to eat properly, so yes, I can handle a fork and knife. But I hate Effie Trinket's comment so much I make a point of eating the rest of my meal with my fingers. Then I wipe my hands on the tablecloth. This makes her purse her lips tightly together.

Suzanne Collins
Mother, Couple, Hate

It’s the final word in camouflage. Forget chucking weights around. Peeta should have gone into his private session with the Gamemakers and painted himself into a tree. Or a boulder. Or a muddy bank full of weeds.

Suzanne Collins
Weed, Should Have, Tree
Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.252, Scholastic Inc.

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
Love You, Effort, Trying
Suzanne Collins (2010). “The Underland Chronicles #5: Gregor and the Code of Claw”, p.397, Scholastic Inc.

Underground. Which I hate. Like mines and tunnels and 13. Underground, where I dread dying, which is stupid because even if I die aboveground, the next thing they'll do is bury me underground anyway.

Suzanne Collins
Hate, Stupid, Tunnels

Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword.

Suzanne Collins
War, Remember, Restraint
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.732, Scholastic Inc.

Every day when I wake I tell myself that it will be my last. If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it... And then, if you make it to bedtime, you feel the joy of cheating death out of one more day.

Suzanne Collins
Cheating, Joy, Trying
Suzanne Collins (2010). “The Underland Chronicles #1: Gregor the Overlander”, p.231, Scholastic Inc.

You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control.

Suzanne Collins
Peeta
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1321, Scholastic Inc.

Finally, Peeta turns to Pollux. "Well, then you just became our most valuable asset." Castor laughs and Pollux manages a smile. We're halfway down the first tunnel when I realize what was so remarkable about that exchange. Peeta sounded like his old self, the one who could always think of the right thing to say when nobody else could... I glance back at him as he trudges along under his guards, Gale and Jackson, his eyes fixed on the ground, his shoulders hunched forward. So dispirited. But for a moment, he was really here.

Suzanne Collins
Eye, Thinking, Tunnels

What do you think?" he asks. "I hate them," I say. I can almost smell the blood, the dirt, the unnatural breath of the mutt. "All I do is go around trying to forget the arena and you've brought it back to life. How do you remember these things so exactly?" "I see them every night," he says.

Suzanne Collins
Hate, Night, Thinking
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.53, Scholastic Inc.

Just don't die for me, you won't be doing me any favour !

Suzanne Collins
Doing Me, Favour, Hunger
Suzanne Collins (2012). “The Hunger Games”, p.235, Scholastic

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