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I sit back on my bed cross-legged and find myself rubbing the smooth iridescent surface of the pearl back and forth against my lips. For some reason, it’s soothing. A cool kiss

I sit back on my bed cross-legged and find myself rubbing the smooth iridescent surface of the pearl back and forth against my lips. For some reason, it’s soothing. A cool kiss

Suzanne Collins
Kissing, Bed, Pearls
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.33, Scholastic Inc.

People deal with me, but they are genuinely fond of Prim. Maybe there will be enough fondness to keep her alive.

Suzanne Collins
People, Alive, Enough
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.33, Scholastic Inc.

Yes, they have to have a victor. Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up in the Gamemakers' faces. They'd have failed the Capitol. Might possibly even be executed, slowly and painfully, while the cameras broadcast it to every screen in the country.

Suzanne Collins
Country, Blow, Might
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.6, Scholastic Inc.

I've asked you fifty questions and still have no sense of your life, your family, what you care about. They want to know about you, Katniss." "But I don't want them to! They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to time in the past!" I say.

Suzanne Collins
Past, Katniss, Care
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.159, Scholastic Inc.

Unfortunately, I can't seal the sponsor deals for you. Only Haymitch can do that," says Effie grimly. "But don't worry, I'll get him to the table at gunpoint if necessary." Although lacking in many departments, Effie Trinket has a certain determination I have to admire.

Suzanne Collins
Determination, Worry, Tables

Panem et Circenses" translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.

Suzanne Collins
Responsibility, People, Political
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.223, Scholastic Inc.

I'm going to be the Mockingjay.

Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2011.

But I don't know what to him about the aftermath of killing a person. About how they never leave you.

Suzanne Collins
Aftermath, Killing, Persons
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.59, Scholastic

They're betting on how long I'll live!" I burst out. "They're not my friends!" "Well, try and pretend!" snaps Effie. Then she composes herself and beams at me. "See, like this. I'm smiling at you even though you're aggravating me.

Suzanne Collins
Long, Trying, Beam
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.110, Scholastic Inc.

A need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it.

Suzanne Collins
Revenge, Mirrors, Long
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1385, Scholastic Inc.

And it takes so much energy to stay angry with someone who cries so much.

Suzanne Collins
Energy, Cry, Angry

A furious Peeta hammers Haymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch watching me. This is the moment, then. When we find out exactly just how alike we are, and how much he truly understands me. "I'm with the Mockingjay," he says.

Suzanne Collins
Party, Atrocities, Hammers
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.370, Scholastic Inc.

Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena.

Suzanne Collins
Love, Strong, Kissing
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.195, Scholastic Inc.

if he goes and dies on me now, I know I'll go completely insane.

Suzanne Collins
Insane, Dies, Ifs
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.235, Scholastic UK

Someone ought to get Haymitch a drink.

Suzanne Collins
Drink, Ought, Haymitch
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.94, Scholastic Inc.

Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Strange things did happen here. No stranger would let it be if we met up At midnight in the hanging tree.

Suzanne Collins
Tree, Midnight, Rope

Oh, that I do know...Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.

Suzanne Collins
Thinking, Katniss, Mockingjay Book

No, you won her over. Gave up everything for her. Maybe that's the only way to convince her you love her.

Suzanne Collins
Way, Gave Up, Convince
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.329, Scholastic Inc.

No more fear of hunger. A new kind of freedom. But what then ... what? What would my life be like on a daily basis? Most of it has been consumed with the acquisition of food. Take that away and I'm not really sure who I am, what my identity is. The idea scares me some.

Suzanne Collins
Who I Am, Ideas, Life Is Like
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.407, Scholastic Inc.

Then Octavia drops to her knees, rubs the hem of a skirt against her cheek, and burst into tears. "It's been so long," she gasps, "since I've seen anything pretty.

Suzanne Collins
Long, Tears, Hem
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1270, Scholastic Inc.

I don't write about adolescence. I write about war. For adolescents.

Suzanne Collins
War, Writing, Adolescence

How much better my life has been for knowing him. For loving him, even if it's only in the limited way that I can manage. But I never get the chance.

Suzanne Collins
Knowing, Way, Chance
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.186, Scholastic Inc.

Frankly, I could use a little sugarcoating.

Suzanne Collins
Use, Littles
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.687, Scholastic UK

Then I dive into my tent before I do something stupid like cry.

Suzanne Collins
Stupid, Tents, Cry
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.271, Scholastic Inc.

We sit in silence awhile then I blurt out the thing that's on both our minds. "How are we going to kill these people, Peeta?

Suzanne Collins
People, Silence, Mind
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.183, Scholastic

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