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He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. And he chose solitude. Not solitude – that sounds too peaceful. More like solitary confinement.

He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. And he chose solitude. Not solitude – that sounds too peaceful. More like solitary confinement.

Suzanne Collins
Choices, Peaceful, Solitude
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.46, Scholastic Inc.

Don't you see, Katniss, this will decide things. One way or the other. By the end of the day, they'll ether be dead or with us. It's...it's more than we could hope for! Well, that's a sunny view of our situation.

Suzanne Collins
Views, Katniss, The End Of The Day

Because I can't handle the nightmares. Not without you.

Suzanne Collins
Nightmare, Because I Can, Without You
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.192, Scholastic Inc.

I don’t stand a chance if he doesn't get better. You’ll never be able to let him go. You’ll always feel wrong about being with me.” “The way I always felt wrong kissing him because of you,” I say. Gale holds my gaze. “If I thought that was true, I could almost live with the rest of it.

Suzanne Collins
Kissing, Get Better, Able
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.197, Scholastic Inc.

I keep hoping that as time passes by, we’ll regain the ease between us, but part of me knows it’s futile. There’s no going back.

Suzanne Collins
Ease, Time Passes, Knows
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.269, Scholastic UK

Nerrissa? You believe her? Well, you at least have to credit her with a certain instability! Remember when she told you that I was going to take over the Fount with and army of Lobsters?" said Ripred. You did try to take over the Fount with an army of Lobsters." said Vikus. Yes, yes, but it was years before she was born. My point is, she flip-flops in and out of time like a fish in shallow waters." answered Ripred.

Suzanne Collins
Believe, Army, Years

Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. He has stopped hissing at me. Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

Suzanne Collins
Sometimes, Clean, Hissing
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.6, Scholastic Inc.

Ripred sighed. 'I suppose so. You and I seem to end up doing everything. Shall we say four members for each delegation?' 'Why not?' Luxa said. 'Four can be as stupid as ten. No need to crowd the room.' Ripred laughed. 'You know, I think you an I are going to get on famously.

Suzanne Collins
Stupid, Thinking, Needs

Want a sugar cube?- Finnick Odair,

Suzanne Collins
Want, Sugar, Cubes

You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.

Suzanne Collins
Games, Katniss, Heartbreaking
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.80, Scholastic Inc.

It's to the Capitol's advantage to have us divided among ourselves. Another tool to cause misery in our district. A way to plant hatred between the starving workers [of the Seam] and those who can generally count on supper and thereby ensure we will never trust one another.

Suzanne Collins
Hatred, Causes, Tools
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.16, Scholastic Inc.

Don't let him take you from me.

Suzanne Collins
Katniss And Peeta, Katniss Peeta, Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.314, Scholastic Inc.

I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.

Suzanne Collins
Morning, I Hate You, Katniss
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.

Suzanne Collins
Sleep, Katniss, Tea
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.271, Scholastic Inc.

Finnick!" Something between a shriek and a cry of joy. A lovely if somewhat bedraggled young woman--dark tangled hair, sea green eyes--runs toward us in nothing but a sheet. "Finnick!" And suddenly, it's as if there's no one in the world but these two, crashing through space to reach each other. They collide, enfold, lose their balance, and slam against a wall, where they stay. Clinging into one being. Indivisible. A pang of jealousy hits me. Not for either Finnick or Annie but for their certainty. No one seeing them could doubt their love.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Wall, Eye
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.175, Scholastic Inc.

Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had an agreement not to lie to each other.

Suzanne Collins
Lying, Agreement, Missing

Is that why you hate me?" I ask. "Partly," She admits. "Jealousy is certainly involved. I also think you're a little hard to swallow. With your tacky romantic drama and your defender-of-the-helpless act. Only it isn't an act, which makes you more unbearable. Please feel free to take this personally.

Suzanne Collins
Hate, Drama, Thinking
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1264, Scholastic Inc.

Anyone? On Snow's visit before the Victory Tour, he challenged me to erase any doubts of my love for Peeta. "Convince me," Snow said. It seems, under that hot pink sky with Peeta's life in limbo, I finally did. And In doing so, I gave him the weapon he needed to break me.

Suzanne Collins
Loss, Sky, Snow
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?

Suzanne Collins
Color, Risk, Strange

My sleep wasn't peaceful, though. I have the sense of emerging from a world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone.

Suzanne Collins
Sleep, Dark, Peaceful
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.163, Scholastic Inc.

Yeah, about that,” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that again.” “Or what?” I ask. “Or . . . or . . .” He can’t think of anything good. “Just give me a minute.

Suzanne Collins
Thinking, Giving, Trying

You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real.

Suzanne Collins
Love, Real, President Snow
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.388, Scholastic Inc.

I roll my eyes. "So when did I become so special? When they carted me off to the Capitol?" "No, about six months before that. Right after New Year's. We were in the Hob, eating some slop of Greasy Sae's. And Darius was teasing you about trading a rabbit for one of his kisses. And I realized...I minded.

Suzanne Collins
New Year, Eye, Kissing
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.199, Scholastic Inc.

Even though I don't ask, Plutarch gives me cheerful updates on the phone like "Good news, Katniss! I think we've almost got him convinced you're not a mutt!" Or "Today he was allowed to feed himself pudding!

Suzanne Collins
Thinking, Phones, Katniss

He frosted under heavy guard.

Suzanne Collins
Heavy

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