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You have a... remarkable memory. I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention.

You have a... remarkable memory." "I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention.

Suzanne Collins
Love, Memories, Remembers Everything

And to us, we're more married than any piece of paper or big party could make us.

Suzanne Collins
Party, Catching Fire, Pieces
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.255, Scholastic Inc.

Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim's place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.

Suzanne Collins
Mean, Thinking, Hands
"The Hunger Games". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2008.

They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to me in the past!

Suzanne Collins
Past, Capitol In Hunger Games, My Future
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.112, Scholastic Inc.

I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do there is a part of every tribute they can't own. That Rue was more than a piece in their Games. And so am I.

Suzanne Collins
Games, Katniss, Pieces
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.314, Scholastic Inc.

For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.

Suzanne Collins
Relationship, Trust, Betrayal
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.109, Scholastic Inc.

So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

Suzanne Collins
Catching On, Catching Fire, Plans
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.978, Scholastic Inc.

It starts at midnight.

Suzanne Collins
Midnight
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.327, Scholastic Inc.

But if you want to find peace, you must first be able to hope it is possible.

Suzanne Collins
Want, Able, Firsts
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.180, Scholastic Inc.

Even if times got bad, he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be happy even if the present was painful. He would allow himself dreams.

Suzanne Collins
Dream, Might, Painful
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.178, Scholastic Inc.

Barbarism? That's ironic coming from a woman helping to prepare us for slaughter. And what's she basing our success on? Our table manners?

Suzanne Collins
Ironic, Tables, Table Manners
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.69, Scholastic Inc.

I stare at the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not.

Suzanne Collins
Katniss, Mirrors, Who I Am
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.480, Scholastic Inc.

I stand there, feeling broken and small, thousands of eyes trained on me.

Suzanne Collins
Eye, Broken, Feelings
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.61, Scholastic Inc.

And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable.

Suzanne Collins
Beautiful, Confused, Hands
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.101, Scholastic UK

Poison. The perfect weapon for a snake.

Suzanne Collins
Snakes, Perfect, Poison
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.172, Scholastic Inc.

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim`s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the Reaping.

Suzanne Collins
Mother, Dream, Bed
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.5, Scholastic Inc.

Mostly we just add to the piles of rainbow glass that's been blown off the exteriors of the cany-colored buildings.

Suzanne Collins
Glasses, Rainbow, Add

The sensation inside me grows warmer and spreads out from my chest down through my body out along my arms and legs to the tips of my being. Instead of satisfying me the kisses have the opposite effect of making my need greater.

Suzanne Collins
Kissing, Opposites, Legs
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.352, Scholastic Inc.

The more likable he is, the more deadly he is.” -Katniss Everdeen

Suzanne Collins
Katniss, Hunger Games Book, Capitol In Hunger Games

Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams.

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

They more than do their work, they take pride in it. Like Cinna.

Suzanne Collins
Pride, Cinna
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.103, Scholastic Inc.

You're not going to die. I forbid it. All right?" "All right," he whispers.

Suzanne Collins
Dies
Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.261, Scholastic Inc.

Haymitch said you'd take a lot of convincing.

Suzanne Collins
Said, Convincing, Haymitch
Suzanne Collins (2012). “The Hunger Games”, p.232, Scholastic

Fine. I'll train. But I'm going to the stinking capitol if I have to kill a crew and fly there myself." Says Johanna. "Probably best not to bring that up in training," I say. "But it's nice to know I'll have a ride.

Suzanne Collins
Nice, Training, Crew
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.235, Scholastic Inc.

They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There's no one left I love.

Suzanne Collins
Hurt, Hurt Me, Left
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.150, Scholastic Inc.

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