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But don't worry; as I've been saying - and this has been very clever of me, I'm sure you'll agree - if you put enough pressure on coal, it'll turn to pearls!

But don't worry; as I've been saying - and this has been very clever of me, I'm sure you'll agree - if you put enough pressure on coal, it'll turn to pearls!

Suzanne Collins
Clever, Worry, Coal

I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good. Because really it's mostly for their own good.

Suzanne Collins
Lying, People, Sick
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.118, Scholastic Inc.

Remember, girl on fire,” he says, “I'm still betting on you.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Fire, Remember
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.205, Scholastic

Come on and eat with him. I promise, I won't let him kiss you again.

Suzanne Collins
Kissing, Promise, I Promise
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.231, Scholastic Inc.

I remember the first time I saw you. Your hair was in two braids instead of one. And I remember when you... you sang in the music assembly and the teacher said... "Who knows The Valley Song?" and your hand shot straight up. After that, I... I watched you going home every day...

Suzanne Collins
Song, Teacher, Home
"The Hunger Games". m.imdb.com. 2012.

Cleaning me up is just a preliminary step to determining my new look. With my acid-damaged hair, sunburned skin, and ugly scars, the prep team has to make me pretty and then damage, burn, and scare me in a more attractive way.

Suzanne Collins
Team, Hair, Skins
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.59, Scholastic Inc.

Katniss, I don't think President Snow will kill Peeta. If he does, he won't have any way to hurt you." "So, what do you think they'll do to him?" I ask. "Whatever it takes to break you.

Suzanne Collins
Hurt, Thinking, President Snow

I flee what I can't fight. What can only do me harm.

Suzanne Collins
Fighting, Harm, I Can
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.343, Scholastic Inc.

Then, in my most careful handwriting, come all the details it would be a crime to forget. Lady licking Prim's cheek. My father's laugh. Peeta's father with the cookies. The colour of Finnick's eyes. What Cinna could do with a length of silk. Boggs reprogramming the Holo. Rue poised on her toes, arms slightly extended, like a bird about to take flight. On and on. We seal the pages with salt water and promises to live well to make their death count.

Suzanne Collins
Father, Eye, Water

He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television." "Are you and Beetee going?" I ask. "As many young and attractive victors as possible," Haymitch corrects himself. "So, no. We'll be here.

Suzanne Collins
Thinking, Cameras, Television
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1305, Scholastic Inc.

She's really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Ducks, Tails
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.33, Scholastic Inc.

They don't know that I'm already asking for the moon.

Suzanne Collins
Moon, Asking, Knows

because I have learned the hard way how deadly these beauties can be.

Suzanne Collins
Way, I Have Learned, Hard
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.355, Scholastic Inc.

I noticed just about every girl, but none of them made a lasting impression but you.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Lasting Impressions, Made
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.299, Scholastic Inc.

Yeah, we wouldn't want to lose our little Mockingjay when she's finally begun to sing.

Suzanne Collins
Want, Littles, Yeah
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.108, Scholastic Inc.

so people really do tear out their hair and beat the ground with their fists

Suzanne Collins
Hair, People, Tears
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.158, Scholastic UK

Why am I hopping around like some trained dog trying to please people I hate?

Suzanne Collins
Dog, Hate, People
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.112, Scholastic Inc.

So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends. - Peeta Mellark

Suzanne Collins
Just Being, Shots, Catching

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.

Suzanne Collins
President Snow, Games, Katniss

The question is, what are you going to do?" It turns out the question that's been eating away at me has only ever had one possible answer. But it took Peeta's ploy for me to recognize it. What am I going to do? I take a deep breath. My arms rise slightly - as if recalling the black-and-white wings Cinna gave me - then come to rest at my sides. "I'm going to be the Mockingjay.

Suzanne Collins
Black And White, Wings, Answers
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.31, Scholastic Inc.

I shift on to my side and find myself looking directly into Gale's eyes. For an instant the world recedes and there is just his flushed face, his pulse visible at his temple, his lips slightly parted as he tries to catch his breath.

Suzanne Collins
Eye, Trying, Pulse
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.94, Scholastic Inc.

As we trudge back through the woods, we reach a boulder, and both Gale and I turn our heads in the same direction, like a pair of dogs catching a scent on the wind. Cressida notices and asks what lies that way. We admit, without acknowledging each other, it's our old hunting rendez-vous place. She wants to see it, even after we tell her it's nothing really. Nothing but a place where I was happy, I think.

Suzanne Collins
Dog, Lying, Thinking
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.127, Scholastic Inc.

Actually, Katniss isn’t complaining because she has no intention of staying with the “Star Squad,” but she recognizes the necessity of getting to the Capitol before carrying out any plan.

Suzanne Collins
Stars, Squad, Katniss
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.257, Scholastic Inc.

If it's true, why do they leave us to live like this? With the hunger and the killings and the Games?" And suddenly I hate this imaginary underground city of District 13 and those who sit by, watching us die. They're no better than the Capitol.

Suzanne Collins
Hate, Games, Cities
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.674, Scholastic Inc.

So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.

Suzanne Collins
Tongue, Mask, District 12
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.8, Scholastic Inc.

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