Suzanne Collins Quotes - Page 12

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• 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.

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  Stupid, Thinking, Needs

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• So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck," says Peeta.

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  Real, Names, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.301, Scholastic Inc.

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• If you won't talk about yourself, at least compliment the audience. Just keep turning it back around, all right. Gush.

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  Compliment, About Yourself, Audience

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

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• What will break me into a million pieces so that I am beyond repair, beyond usefulness?

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  Pieces, Break, Millions

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.628, Scholastic UK

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• You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me.

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  Kissing Him, Able, Let Him Go

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

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• Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. I can't help enjoying his distress. "Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say. "It must be. The sensation's completely new. How have you managed it all these years?" he asks. "Just avoid mirrors. You'll forget about it," I say. "Not if I keep looking at you," he says.

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  Mirrors, Years, Catching Fire

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.316, Scholastic Inc.

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• I turn and put my lips close to Peeta's and drop my eyelids in imitation... "He offered me sugar and wanted to know all my secrets," I say in my best seductive voice.

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  Voice, Seductive, Secret

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.211, Scholastic Inc.

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• Director Gary Ross has created an adaptation that is faithful in both narrative and theme, but he's also brought a rich and powerful vision of Panem, its brutality and excesses, to the film as well. His world building's fantastic, whether it be the Seam or the Capitol.

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  Powerful, Faithful, Vision

  "Suzanne Collins Talks About the Hunger Games Movie" by Kara McGrath, www.seventeen.com. March 1, 2012.

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• The Eleventh Plague hits disturbingly close to home An excellent, taut debut novel.

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  Home, Excellent, Novel

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• He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’d be happy to lie there gazing at me forever.

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  Smile, Lying, Kissing

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

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• If your parent is deployed and you are that young, you spend the whole time wondering where they are and waiting for them to come home. As time passes and the absence is longer and longer, you become more and more concerned - but you don't really have the words to express your concern. There's only this continued absence.

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  Home, Waiting, Parent

  "Suzanne Collins's War Stories for Kids". Interview with Susan Dominus, www.nytimes.com. April 8, 2011.

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• And, my God, the actors. The cast, led by the extraordinary Jennifer Lawrence, is absolutely wonderful across the board. It’s such a pleasure to see how they’ve embodied the characters and brought them to life.

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  Character, Boards, Actors

  "'The Hunger Games' Author Suzanne Collins Praises Lionsgate's Adaptation" by Rebecca Ford, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 01, 2012.

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• The idea of being strong for someone else having never entered their heads, I find myself in the position of having to console them. Since I'm the person going in to be slaughtered, this is somewhat annoying.

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  Positive, Death, Strong

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.748, Scholastic Inc.

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• It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly realized through the artistry of the designers.

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  Book, Designer, Artistry

  "'The Hunger Games' Author Suzanne Collins Praises Lionsgate's Adaptation" by Rebecca Ford, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 01, 2012.

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• Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows our mother can hear only so much.

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  Mother, Tragedy, Stitches

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

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• I really can't think about kissing when I've got a rebellion to incite.

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  Humorous, Kissing, Thinking

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.126, Scholastic Inc.

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• so people really do tear out their hair and beat the ground with their fists

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  Hair, People, Tears

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.158, Scholastic UK

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• Embrace the probability of your imminent death....and know there is nothing i can do to save you.

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  Hunger, Embrace, Imminent Death

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• The awful thing is that if i can forget they're people, it will be no different at all

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  People, Different, Awful

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.35, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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.

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  Running, Mean, Kissing

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

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• Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable.

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  Catching Fire, Gale, Unthinkable

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.638, Scholastic Inc.

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• To be honest, I'm not much of a drinker. It makes me sick, and I hate that.

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  Hate, Sick, Honest

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• I don't like self-righteous people," I say. "What's to like?" says Haymitch, who begins sucking the dregs out of the empty bottles.

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  Self, People, Catching Fire

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.183, Scholastic Inc.

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• The anguish I always feel when she's in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face.

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  Sister, Pain, Faces

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.17, Scholastic Inc.

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• Just remember, stealing's punishable by death

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  Remember, Stealing

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.82, Scholastic UK

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