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I don't think it's going to work out. Winning...won't help in any case. Because...she came here with me. - Peeta Mellark

I don't think it's going to work out. Winning...won't help in any case. Because...she came here with me. - Peeta Mellark

Suzanne Collins
Winning, Thinking, Work Out

I don't know what I expected from my first meeting with Peeta after the announcement. A few hugs and kisses. A little comfort maybe. Not this. I turn to Haymitch. "Don't worry, I'll get you more liquor.

Suzanne Collins
Kissing, Worry, Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.183, Scholastic Inc.

In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his immediacy now. As we settle in, he pulls my head down to use his arm as a pillow; the other rests protectively over me even when he goes to sleep. No one has held me like this in such a long time. Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe.

Suzanne Collins
Mother, Father, Sleep
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.392, Scholastic Inc.

Everything is happening too fast for me to process it.

Suzanne Collins
Process, Happenings
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.58, Scholastic

I'm trying to think of a witty comeback, when Boggs says brusquely, “Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.” I decide to go ahead and like Boggs.

Suzanne Collins
Witty, Thinking, Trying
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.82, Scholastic Inc.

To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. Not even the ones holding betting slips, the ones who are usually beyond caring. Possibly because they know me from the Hob, or knew my father, or have encountered Prim, who no one could help loving. So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.

Suzanne Collins
Father, Caring, People

Peeta, you were supposed to wake me after a couple of hours," I say. "For what? Nothing's going on here," he says. "Besides, I like watching you sleep. You don't scowl. Improves your looks a lot." This, of course, brings on a scowl that makes him grin.

Suzanne Collins
Couple, Sleep, Looks
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.260, Scholastic Inc.

I cover my face with my arms because this isn't happening. It isn't possible. For someone to make Peeta forget he loves me . . . no one can do that.

Suzanne Collins
Arms, Faces, Forget
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.181, Scholastic Inc.

Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the Capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams.” Annie, who's on Johanna's other side, does that thing where she covers her ears and exits reality. Finnick shoots Johanna an angry look as his arm encircles Annie. “What? My head doctor says I'm not supposed to censor my thoughts. It's part of my therapy,” replies Johanna.

Suzanne Collins
Reality, Doctors, Cells
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.241, Scholastic Inc.

Then it’s just Venia, whose skin is so pale her tattoos appear to be leaping off it. Almost rigid with determination, she does my hair and nails and makeup, fingers flying swiftly to compensate for her absent teammates. The whole time, she avoids my gaze. It’s only when Cinna shows up to approve me and dismiss her that she takes my hands, looks me straight in the eye, and says, “We would all like you to know what a…privilege it has been to make you look your best.” Then she hastens from the room.

Suzanne Collins
Tattoo, Determination, Eye
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.800, Scholastic Inc.

A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were clasped together, and she stared fixatedly at a small stain on the tablecloth. Gregor remembered seeing her that way so many nights after his dad had disappeared. He didn't know what to say. He didn't want to scare her or shock her or ever give her any more pain. So, he stepped into the light of the kitchen and said the one thing he knew she wanted to hear most in the world. "Hey, Mom. We're home.

Suzanne Collins
Mom, Mother, Pain

Vikus looked at Luxa and opened his arms. She stood, still frozen, staring at him as if he were a complete stranger. "Luxa, it's your grandpa," said Gregor. It seemed like the best and most important thing to say at the moment. "It's your grandpa." Luxa blinked. A tiny tear formed at the corner of her eye. A battle took place on her face as she tried to stop the feelings rising up inside her. The feelings won, and to Gregor's great relief, she ran into Vikus's arms.

Suzanne Collins
Eye, Rising Up, Grandpa
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.170, Scholastic Inc.

In one horrible moment the last piece of the prophecy became clear. So bid him take care, bid him look where he leaps, As life may be death and death life again reaps. He had to leap, and by his death, the others would live. That was it. That was what Sandwich had been trying to say all along, and by now he believed in Sandwich. He put on a final burst of speed, just like the coach taught him in track. He gave everything he had. In the last few steps before the canyon he felt a sharp pain in the back of his leg, and then the ground gave way under his feet. Gregor the Overlander leaped.

Suzanne Collins
Pain, Feet, Track
Suzanne Collins (2003). “Gregor the Overlander”

A faint light burned in the pit revealing a furry creature hunched over a stone slab, fiddling with something. At first Gregor raised a warning hand. He thought it was a rat. Then the creature lifted his head and Gregor recognized what was left of his dad.

Suzanne Collins
Dad, Light, Hands
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.154, Scholastic Inc.

I have not wept since the death of my parents," said Luxa quietly. "But I am thought to be unnatural in this respect.

Suzanne Collins
Parent, Said, Unnatural
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.152, Scholastic Inc.

As coal pressured into pearls by our weighty existence. Beauty that arose out of pain.

Suzanne Collins
Pain, Coal, Pearls
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.504, Scholastic UK

That's when I hear the scream. So full of fear and pain it ices my blood. And so familiar. I drop the spile, forget where I am or what lies ahead, only know I must reach her, protect her. I run wildly in the direction of the voice, heedless of danger, ripping through vines and branches, through anything that keeps me from reaching her. From reaching my little sister.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Pain, Lying
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.339, Scholastic Inc.

if i win and you die, i dont have a home to go back to. you are my life.

Suzanne Collins
Home, Winning, Dies

Tuck in your tail, little duck.

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

Peeta: You be nice to her, Finnick. Or I might try and take her away from you. Finnick: Oh, Peeta. Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.

Suzanne Collins
Sorry, Nice, Heart

You never know. Say the arena's actually a giant cake-" "Say we move on," I broke in.

Suzanne Collins
Moving, Cake, Giants

That should have been my strategy! By the time I’ve worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I’m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range.

Suzanne Collins
Frustration, Hair, Should Have
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.278, Scholastic Inc.

Want a sugar cube? [...] They're supposed to be for the horses, but who cares? They've got years to eat sugar, whereas you and I . . . well, if we see something sweet we better grab it quick. [...] You're absolutely terrifying me in that get-up. What happened to the pretty little-girl dresses?

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Sweet, Horse

Just last year i wanted to kill him, but now it is my duty to save him.

Suzanne Collins
Years, Lasts, Duty

I'm filled with awe, as I always am, as I watch her transform from a woman who calls me to kill a spider to a woman immune to fear.

Suzanne Collins
Watches, Spiders, Call Me
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.111, Scholastic Inc.

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