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Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father never failed to bring her gifts from the woods. The way my mother's face would light up at the sound of his boots at

Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father never failed to bring her gifts from the woods. The way my mother's face would light up at the sound of his boots at the door. The way she almost stopped living when he died.

Suzanne Collins
Mother, Father, Real
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.343, Scholastic Inc.

Delly lost her temper at Peeta over how he treated you. She got very squeaky. It was like someone stabbing a mouse with a fork repeatedly.

Suzanne Collins
Lost, Forks, Stabbing
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.244, Scholastic Inc.

there's plenty of blame to go around.

Suzanne Collins
Blame, Plenty
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.6, Scholastic Inc.

Katniss. I remember about the bread.

Suzanne Collins
Katniss, Bread, Remember
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.230, Scholastic Inc.

My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me.

Suzanne Collins
Hate, Home, Years
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.4, Scholastic Inc.

I must still look perplexed because Gale delivers the next line very slowly. “Katniss…he’s still trying to keep you alive.” To keep me alive? And then I understand. The Games are still on.

Suzanne Collins
Games, Katniss, Trying
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.30, Scholastic Inc.

Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt. Neighbor. Hunter. Tribute. Ally. I'll add it to the list of words I use to try to figure you out. The problem is, I can't tell what's real anymore, and what's made up.

Suzanne Collins
Real, Enemy, Trying

"If I could grow wings, I could fly. Only people can't grow wings," he say's. "Real or not real?" "Real," I say. "But people don't need wings to survive." "Mockingjays do."

Suzanne Collins
Real, Wings, People
"Mockingjay". Book by Suzanne Collins, August 24, 2010.

A spark could be enough to set them ablaze.

Suzanne Collins
Sparks, Enough
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.576, Scholastic Inc.

No one knows what to do with you, girlie.

Suzanne Collins
Knows
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.327, Scholastic Inc.

It's just me and the Bane. And I'm fighting him because he killed all of those innocent mice and people, and I have to stop him. Not because Sandwich says so but because I say so.

Suzanne Collins
Fighting, People, Sandwiches

In District 12, looking old is something of an achievement since so many people die early. You see an elderly person, you want to congratulate them on their longevity, ask the secret of survival. A plump person is envied because they aren't scraping by like the majority of us. But here is different. Wrinkles aren't desirable. A round belly isn't a sign of success.

Suzanne Collins
Wrinkles, Elderly, People
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.167, Scholastic Inc.

The only thing worse than fighting a giant scorpion was fighting a giant scorpion who was trying to protect her young.

Suzanne Collins
Mother, Fighting, Trying
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.653, Scholastic Inc.

You know, you're kind of squeamish for such a lethal person

Suzanne Collins
Kind, Persons, Knows
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.181, Scholastic UK

"I'm not their slave," the man mutters. "I am," I say. "That's why I killed Cato ... and he killed Thresh ... and he killed Clove ... and she tried to kill me. It just goes around and around, and who wins? Not us. Not the districts. Always the Capitol. But I'm tired of being a piece in their Games."

Suzanne Collins
Tired, Winning, Men
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.215, Scholastic Inc.

Peeta smiles at me, sad and mocking. "Okay. Thanks for the tip, sweetheart.

Suzanne Collins
Thanks, Sweetheart, Okay
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.137, Scholastic Inc.

Her name's Prim. She's just twelve. And I love her more than anything.

Suzanne Collins
Names, Twelve
Suzanne Collins (2012). “The Hunger Games (Movie tie-in)”, p.106, Scholastic UK

By the end of the session, I am no one at all. Haymitch started drinking somewhere around witty, and a nasty edge has crept into his voice. "I give up, sweetheart. Just answer the questions and try not to let the audience see how openly you despise them.

Suzanne Collins
Witty, Giving Up, Drinking
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.

You and me Haymitch.Very cozy.Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights sitting around the fire retelling old Hunger Games tale. -Peeta Mellark

Suzanne Collins
Winter, Night, Fire

My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother’s body, their cheeks pressed together. In sleep, my mother looks younger, still worn but not so beaten-down. Prim’s face is as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which she was named. My mother was very beautiful once, too. Or so they tell me.

Suzanne Collins
Beautiful, Mother, Sleep
"The Hunger Games". Book by Suzanne Collins, September 14, 2008.

Slowly, with many lost days, I come back to life.

Suzanne Collins
Lost
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.303, Scholastic

it is a perfect weapon

Suzanne Collins
Perfect, Weapons

There's no district 12 to escape from now, no Peacekeepers to trick, no hungry mouths to feed. The Capitol took away all of that, and I'm on the verge of losing Gale as well. The glue of mutual needs that bonded us so tightly together for all those years is melting away.

Suzanne Collins
Years, Melting Away, Together
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.127, Scholastic Inc.

I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.

Suzanne Collins
Zero, People, Distraction
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.590, Scholastic Inc.

I mean I know it's cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag. But when you grit your teeth and stick it out until dawn!

Suzanne Collins
Mean, Sleep, Dawn
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.153, Scholastic Inc.

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