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The cat that Prim got hates me, I think partly because I tried to drown it.

The cat that Prim got hates me, I think partly because I tried to drown it.

Suzanne Collins
Hate, Cat, Thinking

Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.

Suzanne Collins
Music, Bird, Peeta
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.394, Scholastic Inc.

It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman.

Suzanne Collins
Mind, Normal, Calm
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.62, Scholastic Inc.

It's ideal really. They will come up with a plan. No one will like it. Everyone will feel they have been treated unfairly, but will be happy that their neighbors feel the same. And that is the nature of compromise. Now let's go eat an awful lot.

Suzanne Collins
Awful, Compromise, Neighbor
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.889, Scholastic Inc.

I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips.

Suzanne Collins
Hands, Lips, Reach Out
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.259, Scholastic Inc.

its not in my nature to go down without a fight even when things seem insurmountable

Suzanne Collins
Fighting, Seems, Insurmountable

I miss him so badly it hurts.

Suzanne Collins
Hurt, Missing, It Hurts
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.167, Scholastic

Roses. Wolf mutts. Tributes. Frosted Dolphins. Friends. Mockingjays. Stylists. Me. Everything screams in my dreams tonight.

Suzanne Collins
Dream, Rose, Dolphins
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.690, Scholastic UK

No matter what I do, I'm hurting someone." - Katniss Everdeen

Suzanne Collins
Hurt, Katniss, Matter

I can’t fight the sun. I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into a day that I’ve been dreading for months. Katniss Everdeen

Suzanne Collins
Fighting, Katniss, Watches

Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but I do care for some people.

Suzanne Collins
Katniss, People, Free Spirit
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.117, Scholastic Inc.

As we ride the elevator Gale finally says “You're still angry.” “And you're still not sorry,” I reply. "I will stand by what I said. Do you want me to lie about it?” he asks. “No, I want you to rethink it and come up with the right opinion,” I tell him.

Suzanne Collins
Sorry, Lying, Want

You know what I miss? More than anything? Coffee. -- Plutarch Heavensbee

Suzanne Collins
Coffee, Missing, Knows

Each time I wake,I think, At last, this is over, but it isn't.

Suzanne Collins
Thinking, Lasts
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.140, Scholastic UK

But the only thing that distracts me from my current situation is fantasizing about killing President Snow.

Suzanne Collins
President Snow, Killing, Currents
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.329, Scholastic Inc.

Peeta looks at the glass again and puts it together. "You mean this will make me puke?" My prep team laughs hysterically. "Of course, so you can keep eating," says Octavia. "I've been in there twice already. Everyone does it, or else how would you have any fun at a feast?

Suzanne Collins
Fun, Team, Mean
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.79, Scholastic Inc.

There's no going back. So we might as well get on with things.

Suzanne Collins
Might, Wells
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.686, Scholastic UK

I lean over and put my good ear to his lips, which tickle me as he whispers. "Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me any time you like it.

Suzanne Collins
Kissing, Ears, Kiss Me
Suzanne Collins (2012). “The Hunger Games”, p.200, Scholastic

hey. I just wanted to make sure you got home," I say. "Katniss, I live three houses away from you," he says.

Suzanne Collins
Home, Katniss, House
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.126, Scholastic Inc.

Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don't want to miss any of them.

Suzanne Collins
Sunset, Numbers, Missing
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.192, Scholastic

He tilts his forehead down to rest against mine and pulls me closer. His skin, his whole being radiates heat from being so near the fire, and I close my eyes, soaking in his warmth. I breathe in the smell of snow-dampened leather and smoke and apples, the smell of all those wintry days we shared before the Games. I don't try to move away. Why should I anyway? His voice drops to a whisper. "I love you." That's why.

Suzanne Collins
Moving, Love You, Eye
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.96, Scholastic Inc.

Well, I knew that goat would be a little gold mine," I say. Yes, of course I was referring to that, not the lasting joy you gave your sister you love so much you took her place in the reaping," says Peeta drily.

Suzanne Collins
Joy, Gold, Would Be

The numbness of his loss had passed, and the pain would hit me out of nowhere, doubling me over, racking my body with sobs. Where are you? I would cry out in my mind. Where have you gone? Of course, there was never any answer.

Suzanne Collins
Pain, Loss, Numbness
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.26, Scholastic Inc.

But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise.

Suzanne Collins
Kissing, Two, Games
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.67, Scholastic Inc.

You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.

Suzanne Collins
Catching On, Catching Fire, Lifetime

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