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We could do it, you know. What? Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it.

We could do it, you know." "What?" "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Woods, Capitol In Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.11, Scholastic Inc.

That's right. Who am I thinking of? Oh, I know. It's Cinna who likes you. But that's mainly because you didn't try to run when he set you on fire," says Peeta. "On the other hand, Haymitch... well, if I were you, I'd avoid Haymitch completely. He hates you.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Hate, Thinking
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.300, Scholastic Inc.

Peeta bakes. I hunt. Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Drink, Liquor
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.387, Scholastic Inc.

Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Running, Selfish
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.117, Scholastic Inc.

I'm running on hate. When the energy from that ebbs I'll be worthless.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Hate, Energy

I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I yank my head back in confusion to find myself looking into Peeta’s eyes, only now they hold my gaze. Blood runs from the teeth marks on the hand he clamped over my nightlock. “Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t,” he says.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Rip, Eye

All the general fear I've been feeling condenses into an immediate fear of this girl, this predator who might kill me in seconds. Adrenaline shoots through me and I sling the pack over one shoulder and run full-speed for the woods. I can hear the blade whistling toward me and reflexively hike the pack up to protect my head. The blade lodges in the pack. Both straps on my shoulders now, I make for the trees. Somehow I knew the girl will not pursue me. That she'll be drawn back into the Cornucopia before all the good stuff is gone. A grin crosses my face. Thanks for the knife, I think.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Running, Thinking

But there's food if you know how to find it. My father knew and he taught me some before he was blown to bits in a mine explosion. There was nothing even to bury. I was eleven then. Five years later, I still wake up screaming for him to run.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Father, Years
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.7, Scholastic Inc.

What do I mean when I say I love Gale? I don't know. I did kiss him last night, in a moment when my emotions were running so high. But I'm sure he doesn't remember it. Does he? I hope not. If he does, everything will just get more complicated and I really can't think about kissing when I've got a rebellion to incite.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Mean, Kissing
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.649, Scholastic Inc.

Five years later I still wake up screaming for him to run

Suzanne Collins
Running, Years, Wake Up
Suzanne Collins (2012). “The Hunger Games (Movie tie-in)”, p.10, Scholastic UK

That's when I hear the scream. So full of fear and pain it ices my blood. And so familiar. I drop the spile, forget where I am or what lies ahead, only know I must reach her, protect her. I run wildly in the direction of the voice, heedless of danger, ripping through vines and branches, through anything that keeps me from reaching her. From reaching my little sister.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Pain, Lying
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.339, 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.

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.

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.

"Clove!" Cato's voice is much nearer now. I can tell by the pain in it that he sees her on the ground. "You better run now, Fire Girl," says Thresh. I don't need to be told twice. I flip over and my feet dig into the hard-packed earth as I run away from Thresh and Clove and the sound of Cato's voice. Only when I reach the woods do I turn back for an instant. Thresh and both large backpacks are vanishing over the edge of the plain into the area I've never seen. Cato kneels beside Clove, spear in hand, begging her to stay with him. In a moment, he will realize it's futile; she can't be saved.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Running, Pain
"The Hunger Games". Book by Suzanne Collins, September 14, 2008.

That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. "Only not to us.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Glasses, Hands
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.78, Scholastic Inc.

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