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When I break into the clearing, she's on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has the time to reach her hand through the mesh and say my name before the spear enters her body.

When I break into the clearing, she's on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has the time to reach her hand through the mesh and say my name before the spear enters her body.

Suzanne Collins
Hands, Names, Body
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.227, Scholastic Inc.

Somehow it always comes back to coal at school.

Suzanne Collins
School, Coal

I wonder if Effie will still be wearing that silly pink wig, or is she'll be sporting some other unnatural color especially for the Victor Tour.

Suzanne Collins
Silly, Color, Wigs
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.3, Scholastic Inc.

You can swim, too." he says. "Where did you learn that in District Twelve?" "We have a very big bathtub.

Suzanne Collins
Swim, Twelve, Bigs

All the general fear I've been feeling condenses into an immediate fear of this girl, this predator who might kill me in seconds. Adrenaline shoots through me and I sling the pack over one shoulder and run full-speed for the woods. I can hear the blade whistling toward me and reflexively hike the pack up to protect my head. The blade lodges in the pack. Both straps on my shoulders now, I make for the trees. Somehow I knew the girl will not pursue me. That she'll be drawn back into the Cornucopia before all the good stuff is gone. A grin crosses my face. Thanks for the knife, I think.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Running, Thinking

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?

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

I guess after tonight Boots won't think the whole world is her friend," thought Gregor. She had to find out sometime, but it still made him sad.

Suzanne Collins
Thinking, Tonight, Boots
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

Katniss?" Peeta says. I meet his eyes, knowing my face must be some shade of green. He mouths the words. "How about that kiss?

Suzanne Collins
Eye, Kissing, Katniss
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.181, Scholastic UK

Peeta?" I creep along the bank. "Well, don't step on me.

Suzanne Collins
Steps, Creeps, Wells
Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.252, Scholastic Inc.

I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she's a survivor, and I trust her, and why not admit it? She reminds me of Prim.

Suzanne Collins
Children, Team, Survivor
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.268, Scholastic Inc.

The walls of this elevator are made of crystal so that you can watch the people on the ground floor shrink to ants as you shoot up into the air. It's exhilarating and I'm tempted to ask Effie Trinket if we can ride it again, but somehow that seems childish.

Suzanne Collins
Wall, Air, People
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.68, Scholastic Inc.

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.

Suzanne Collins
Mother, Home, Said
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.77, Scholastic Inc.

And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anyway. I just hope I get one who doesn't think nudity is the last word in fashion.

Suzanne Collins
Fashion, Thinking, Opening Ceremony
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.50, Scholastic Inc.

One slip. One slip in thousands. The odds had been entirely in her favor. But it hadn't mattered.

Suzanne Collins
Odds, Favors, Slips
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, Scholastic Inc.

I notice her blouse has pulled out of her skirt in the back again and force myself to stay calm. "Tuck your tail in, little duck," I say, smoothing the blouse back in place. Prim giggles and give me a small "Quack." "Quack yourself," I say with a light laugh. The kind only Prim can draw out of me.

Suzanne Collins
Light, Ducks, Giving
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.17, Scholastic Inc.

Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. And a a lot of people do, out of relief that their children have been spared for another year. But at least two families will pull their shutters, lock their doors, and try to figure out how they will survive the painful weeks to come.

Suzanne Collins
Children, Doors, Years
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.12, Scholastic Inc.

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.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Jealous, School
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.12, Scholastic Inc.

She must have really loved him to leave her home for the Seam. I try to remember that when all I can see is the woman who sat by, blank and unreachable, while her children turned to skin and bones. I try to forgive her for my father's sake. But to be honest, I'm not the forgiving type.

Suzanne Collins
Children, Father, Home
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.10, Scholastic Inc.

But there's food if you know how to find it. My father knew and he taught me some before he was blown to bits in a mine explosion. There was nothing even to bury. I was eleven then. Five years later, I still wake up screaming for him to run.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Father, Years
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.7, Scholastic Inc.

Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own death. How do you side step that?

Suzanne Collins
Mean, Katniss, Survival
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.

The star-crossed lovers

Suzanne Collins
Stars, Lovers, Star Crossed Lovers
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.73, Scholastic

‎What is to prevent, say, an uprising?

Suzanne Collins
Uprising
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.280, Scholastic UK

At the moment, the choice would be simple. I can survive just fine without either of them.

Suzanne Collins
Simple, Choices, Would Be
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.260, Scholastic

Remembering from last year how Haymitch's gifts are often timed to send a message, I make a note to myself. Be friends with Finnick. You'll get food.

Suzanne Collins
Years, Lasts, Messages

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.

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

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