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No more kisses for you, until you have eaten !

No more kisses for you, until you have eaten !

Suzanne Collins
Kissing
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.348, Scholastic Inc.

What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button?

Suzanne Collins
Katniss, Buttons, World
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.60, Scholastic Inc.

And random bits of happiness, like Finnick and Annie's newborn boy.

Suzanne Collins
Boys, Newborn, Annie

Fine, than I will not have to blame you for killing my friends with your stupidity. -Haymitch

Suzanne Collins
Stupidity, Blame, Killing

aren't they the very reason I have to try to fight? Because what has been done to them is so wrong, so beyond justification, so evil that there is no choice? Because no one has the right to treat them as they have been treated?

Suzanne Collins
Fighting, Evil, Choices
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.123, Scholastic Inc.

But after several hours, I go anyway, walking in silent sock feet, so as not to awaken the ghosts.

Suzanne Collins
Feet, Ghost, Silent
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.381, Scholastic Inc.

The more you can distract yourself, the better.

Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

If there's a more helpless feeling than trying to reach someone you love who's trapped underground, I don't know it.

Suzanne Collins
Feelings, Trying, Someone You Love
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.666, Scholastic UK

All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone forever.

Suzanne Collins
Sweet, Memories, Forever
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.338, Scholastic Inc.

I've spent so much time making sure I don't underestimate my opponents that I've forgotten it's just as dangerous to overestimate them as well.

Suzanne Collins
Opponents, Underestimate, Forgotten
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.226, Scholastic UK

Allow me to translate, Twitchtip said, not even bothering to move. "She said if you don't stop your incessant babble, that big rat sitting in the boat next to you will rip your head off.

Suzanne Collins
Rip, Moving, Sitting
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.244, Scholastic Inc.

It's the first gift that's always the hardest to pay back.

Suzanne Collins
Pay, Firsts, Hardest
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.288, Scholastic Inc.

I wish Peeta were here to hold me, until I remember I'm not supposed to wish that anymore. I have chosen Gale and the rebellion, and a future with Peeta is the Capitol's design, not mine.

Suzanne Collins
Design, Wish, Gale
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.644, Scholastic Inc.

She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath, and then you can hear a pin drop, and I'm feeling nauseous and so desperately hoping that it's not me, that it's not me, that it's not me. Effie Trinket crosses back to the podium, smoothes the slip of paper, and reads out the name in a clear voice. And it's not me. It's Primrose Everdeen.

Suzanne Collins
Hands, Names, Voice
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.22, Scholastic Inc.

Just one more thing. I kill Snow.

Suzanne Collins
Snow, Just One
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.38, Scholastic

Just give him the medicine!" I scream at her. "Give it to him! Who are you, anyway, to decide how much pain he can stand!

Suzanne Collins
Pain, Medicine, Giving
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.114, Scholastic Inc.

It's lovely. If only you could frost someone to death." "Don't be so superior. You can never tell what you will find in the arena. Say it's a gigantic cake-

Suzanne Collins
Cake, Lovely, Frost
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.91, Scholastic Inc.

Once I'm on my feet I realize escape might not be so easy.

Suzanne Collins
Feet, Might, Realizing

But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?" "Yeah, I guess so,” I said, But it’s not true. A mockingbird is just a songbird. A mockingjay is a creature the capitol never intended to exist. They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live.

Suzanne Collins
Brain, Songbirds, Weapons
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.92, Scholastic Inc.

Only I keep wishing I could think of a way...to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

Suzanne Collins
Thinking, Games, Wish
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.137, Scholastic Inc.

Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Running, Selfish
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.117, Scholastic Inc.

They're betting on how long I'll live!' I burst out. 'They're not my friends!

Suzanne Collins
Long, Betting, My Friends
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.157, Scholastic Inc.

No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta says.

Suzanne Collins
Mother, Song, Katniss
Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.301, Scholastic Inc.

I swear if you cry, I'll kill you here and now.' Cinna just smiles. 'Had a damp morning?' 'You could wring me out.' I reply

Suzanne Collins
Morning, Just Smile, Cry
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.205, Scholastic Inc.

What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes to rill in and die for their entertainment?

Suzanne Collins
Waiting Around, Katniss, People
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.60, Scholastic Inc.

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