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The idea of being strong for someone else having never entered their heads, I find myself in the position of having to console them. Since I'm the person going in to be slaughtered, this is somewhat annoying.

The idea of being strong for someone else having never entered their heads, I find myself in the position of having to console them. Since I'm the person going in to be slaughtered, this is somewhat annoying.

Suzanne Collins
Positive, Death, Strong
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.748, Scholastic Inc.

Flight is essential, but I can't let my fear show.

Suzanne Collins
Essentials, Flight, Hunger
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.218, Scholastic Inc.

At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Catching On, Games
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.118, Scholastic Inc.

Why? Do you find this" - he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose - "distracting?

Suzanne Collins
Finnick, Finnick Odair
"Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)". Book by Suzanne Collins, August 24, 2010.

Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.

Suzanne Collins
Humor, Dying, Finals
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.333, Scholastic Inc.

You call that a kiss?

Suzanne Collins
Kissing, Hunger, Haymitch

If I feel ragged, my prep team seems in worse condition, knocking back coffee and sharing brightly colored little pills. As far as I can tell, they never get up before noon unless there's some sort of national emergency, like my leg hair.

Suzanne Collins
Team, Coffee, Hair
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.48, Scholastic Inc.

Beetee is still messing round the tree, doing I don't know what. At one point he snaps off a sliver of bark, joins us, and throws it against the force field. It bounces back and lands on the ground, glowing. In a few moments it returns to its original color. "Well, that explains a lot," says Beetee. I look at Peeta and can't help biting my lip to keep from laughing since it explains absolutely nothing to anyone but Beetee.

Suzanne Collins
Color, Land, Force Fields
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.363, Scholastic Inc.

I'm so tired, Katniss.

Suzanne Collins
Tired, Katniss, Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1387, Scholastic Inc.

So that's who Finnick loves, I think. Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. But a poor, mad girl back home.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Home, Thinking
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.348, Scholastic Inc.

I just don't want them to change me, if I'm going to die I still want to be me.

Suzanne Collins
Want, Stills, Dies

How did Rue end up on that stage with nothing but the wind offering to take her place?

Suzanne Collins
Offering, Wind, Rue
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.56, Scholastic Inc.

Whenever I write a story, I hope it appeals to both boys and girls.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Writing, Boys

In that one slight motion, I see the end of hope, beginning of destruction of everything I hold dear in the world. I can't guess what form my punishment will take, how wide the net will be cast, but when it is finished there most likely be nothing left. So you would think that at this moment, I would be in utter despair.

Suzanne Collins
Thinking, Punishment, Despair
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.64, Scholastic

turn and turn and turn again you see the what, but not the when remedy and wrong entwine and so they form a single vine

Suzanne Collins
Vines, Form, Turns
Suzanne Collins (2010). “The Underland Chronicles #3: Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods”, p.24, Scholastic Inc.

Lucky thing were allies, right? -Finnick Odair

Suzanne Collins
Allies, Lucky, Finnick

That it's no good loving me because I'm never going to get married anyway and he'd just end up hating me later instead of sooner.

Suzanne Collins
Hate, Married, Ends
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.35, Scholastic Inc.

I don't want to lose the boy with the bread.

Suzanne Collins
Inspirational, Boys, Hunger For Love

I take Peeta's face in my hands. "Don't worry. I'll see you at midnight.

Suzanne Collins
Hands, Worry, Midnight
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.370, Scholastic Inc.

I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.

Suzanne Collins
Beauty, Beautiful, Truth
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.116, Scholastic Inc.

I drink in his wholeness, the soudness of his body and mind. It runs through me like the morphling they give me in the hospital, dulling the pain of the last weeks.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Pain, Giving
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1019, Scholastic Inc.

Katniss Everdeen, you have caused a spark, wich left unattended, may cause a spark that could cause a whole rebelion

Suzanne Collins
Katniss, May, Sparks

If you appeal to the crowd, either by being humorous or brutal or eccentric, you gain favor.

Suzanne Collins
Humorous, Crowds, Favors
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.111, Scholastic Inc.

She's not here," I tell him. Buttercup hisses again. "She's not here. You can hiss all you like. You won't find Prim." At her name, he perks up. Raises his flattened ears. Begins to meow hopefully. "Get out!" He dodges the pillow I throw at him. "Go away! There's nothing left for you here!" I start to shake, furious with him. "She's not coming back! She's never ever coming back here again!" I grab another pillow and get to my feet to improve my aim. Out of nowhere, the tears begin to pour down my cheeks. "She's dead, you stupid cat. She's dead.

Suzanne Collins
Stupid, Cat, Loss
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.386, Scholastic Inc.

I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?' I turn into him. 'Put you somewhere you can't get hurt.

Suzanne Collins
Love, Hurt, Romance
Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.368, Scholastic Inc.

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