Suzanne Collins Quotes - Page 18

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• I can hear President Snow's voice in my head. 'On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the capital, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors.

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  President Snow, Voice, Overcoming

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.175, Scholastic Inc.

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• Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world, replies, of all things, “Music.

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  World, Rue, All Things

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.206, Scholastic Inc.

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• No. Now, shut up and eat your pears.

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  Humorous, Shut Up, Pears

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• Katniss, the girl who was on fire!

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  Girl, President Snow, Games

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

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• Yes, and I’m sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.

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  People, Bags, Arena

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.85, Scholastic Inc.

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• The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion.

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  Song, Catching On, Flames

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.981, Scholastic Inc.

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• I don't care if you got knocked up. I can still rip your throat out

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  Rip, Knocked Up, Care

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• If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.

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  Trying, Losing, Gregor The Overlander

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “The Underland Chronicles #1: Gregor the Overlander”, p.231, Scholastic Inc.

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• Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness...except possibly when it comes to you.

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  Beauty, Eye, Catching On

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• Instead of satisfying me, the kisses have the opposite effect, of make my need greater. I thought I was something of an expert on hunger, but this is an entirely new kind.

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  Kissing, Opposites, Needs

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• I knew it. In this way, Peeta's not hard to predict. While I was wallowing around on the floor of that cellar, thinking only of myself, he was here, thinking of me. Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel.

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  Strong, Thinking, Way

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.178, Scholastic Inc.

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• I shift on to my side and find myself looking directly into Gale's eyes. For an instant the world recedes and there is just his flushed face, his pulse visible at his temple, his lips slightly parted as he tries to catch his breath.

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  Eye, Trying, Pulse

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.94, Scholastic Inc.

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• Still, I hate them. But, of course, I hate almost everybody now. Myself more than anyone.

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  Hate, President Snow, Mockingjay Book

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.8, Scholastic Inc.

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• Katniss, I don't think President Snow will kill Peeta. If he does, he won't have any way to hurt you." "So, what do you think they'll do to him?" I ask. "Whatever it takes to break you.

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  Hurt, Thinking, President Snow

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• But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?" "Yeah, I guess so,” I said, But it’s not true. A mockingbird is just a songbird. A mockingjay is a creature the capitol never intended to exist. They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live.

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  Brain, Songbirds, Weapons

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.92, Scholastic Inc.

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• I flee what I can't fight. What can only do me harm.

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  Fighting, Harm, I Can

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.343, Scholastic Inc.

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• I’m in a shallow hole, not filled with the humming orange bubbles of my hallucination but with old, dead leaves.

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  Orange, Hallucinations, Shallow

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.262, Scholastic Inc.

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• I carefully lay out the provisions. One thin black sleeping bag that reflects body heat. A pack of crackers. A pack of dried beef strips. A bottle of iodine. A box of wooden matches. A small coil of wire. A pair of sunglasses. And a half-gallon plastic bottle with a cap for carrying water that's bone dry. No water. How hard would it have been for them to fill up the bottle?

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  Sleep, Iodine, Water

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.149, Scholastic Inc.

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• I'm relieved Peeta's alive. I tell myself again that if I get killed, his winnings will benefit my mother and Prim the most. This is what I tell myself to explain the conflicting emotions that arise when I think of Peeta. The gratitude that he game an edge by professing his love for me in the interview. The anger at his superiority on the roof. The dread that we may come face-to-face at any moment in this arena.

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  Mother, Gratitude, Winning

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• Not daring to flee since my general location has just been broadcast to any killer who cares. I mean, I know it's cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag.

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  Mean, Sleep, Who Cares

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

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• Most of the Peacekeepers turn a blind eye to the few of us who hunt because they're as hungry as we are for fresh meat as anyone. In fact, they're among our best customers.

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  Eye, Meat, Facts

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• I'll never know what it was he wanted me to remember.

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  Remember, Wanted, Knows

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

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• Somehow it always comes back to coal at school.

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  School, Coal

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• And then, if you make it to bedtime, you feel the joy of cheating death out of one more day," she said. "Do you see?

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  Cheating, Joy, Bedtime

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “The Underland Chronicles #1: Gregor the Overlander”, p.231, Scholastic Inc.

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• The main thing I feel is a sense of relief. That I can give up this game. That the question of whether I can succeed in this venture has been answered, even if that answer is a resounding no. That if desperate times call for desperate measures, I am free to act as desperately as I want.

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  Giving Up, Desperate Measures, Games

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.75, Scholastic Inc.

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