Suzanne Collins Quotes - Page 24

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• There's no point in comforting words, in telling her she'll be all right. She's no fool. Her hand reaches out and I clutch it like a lifeline. As if it's me who's dying instead of Rue.

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  Hands, Comforting, Dying

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.310, Scholastic Inc.

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• Go to sleep," he says softly. His hand brushes the lose strands of my hair off my forehead. Unlike the staged kisses and caresses so far, this gesture seems natural and comforting. I don't want him to stop and he doesn't. He's still stroking my hair when I fall asleep.

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  Fall, Sleep, Kissing

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• Peeta, you were supposed to wake me after a couple of hours," I say. "For what? Nothing's going on here," he says. "Besides, I like watching you sleep. You don't scowl. Improves your looks a lot." This, of course, brings on a scowl that makes him grin.

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  Couple, Sleep, Looks

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.260, Scholastic Inc.

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• But I feel as if I did know Rue, and she'll always be with me. Everything beautiful brings her to mind. I see her in the yellow flowers that grow in the Meadow by my house. I see her in the Mockingjays that sing in the trees. But most of all, I see her in my sister, Prim.

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  Beautiful, Flower, Yellow

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.61, Scholastic Inc.

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• I go back to my room and lie under the covers, trying not to think of Gale and thinking of nothing else.

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  Lying, Thinking, Trying

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.73, Scholastic Inc.

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• I know he was desperate. That makes people do all kinds of crazy things.

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  Crazy, People, Kind

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.660, Scholastic UK

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• No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.

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  Girl, Fire, Names

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

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• Maybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. I don't care. I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good.

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  Lying, People, Sick

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.118, Scholastic Inc.

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• We follow instructions to my destination, a chamber for my preparation.

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  Preparation, Instruction, Destination

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.139, Scholastic Inc.

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• Even in war there should be lines you didn't cross.

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  War, Lines, Crosses

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.824, Scholastic Inc.

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• In my mind, President Snow should be viewed in front of marble pillars hung with oversized flags. It's jarring to see him surrounded by the ordinary objects in the room. Like taking the lid off a pot and finding a fanged viper instead of stew.

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  President Snow, Mind, Ordinary

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.18, Scholastic Inc.

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• Anyway, even if she's sugarcoating my good points, I appreciate it. Frankly, I could use a little sugarcoating.

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  Appreciate, Use, Littles

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.240, Scholastic Inc.

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• I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away.

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  Morning, Fear, Taken

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.786, Scholastic UK

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• The ones I loved fly as birds in the open sky above me. Soaring, weaving, calling to me to join them. I want so badly to follow them, but the seawater saturates my wings, making it impossible to lift them. The ones I hated have taken to the water, horrible scaled things that tear my salty flesh with needle teeth. Biting again and again. Dragging me beneath the surface.

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  Taken, Sky, Wings

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• Yeah, about that,” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that again.” “Or what?” I ask. “Or . . . or . . .” He can’t think of anything good. “Just give me a minute.

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  Thinking, Giving, Trying

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• For me, it's better to wake up with a paintbrush than a knife in my hand. -Peeta

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  Hands, Knives, Wake Up

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• It's strange to be so physically close to someone who's so distant

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  Strange, Hunger

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.274, Scholastic Inc.

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• Just because people starve in a book, doesn't mean that we will starve in the future.

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  Book, Mean, People

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• Orange? Like Effie's hair?" I say. "A bit more muted," he says. "More like sunset.

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  Sunset, Hair, Orange

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.52, Scholastic Inc.

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• This is what birds see. Only they're free and safe. The very opposite of me.

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  Opposites, Bird, Safe

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.139, Scholastic Inc.

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• I send a silent thank-you to Dalton for suggesting I wash off the makeup. How ridiculous, how perverse I would feel presenting that painted Capitol mask to these people. The damage, the fatigue, the imperfections. That's how they recognize me, why I belong to them.

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  Makeup, People, Imperfection

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.90, Scholastic Inc.

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• Want a sugar cube? [...] They're supposed to be for the horses, but who cares? They've got years to eat sugar, whereas you and I . . . well, if we see something sweet we better grab it quick. [...] You're absolutely terrifying me in that get-up. What happened to the pretty little-girl dresses?

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  Girl, Sweet, Horse

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• Never underestimate the power of a brillian stylist.

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  Stylist, Underestimate, Never Underestimate

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• I don't have a talent, unless you count hunting illegally, which they don't. Or maybe singing, which I wouldn't do for the Capitol in a million years. My mother tried to interest me in a variety of suitable alternatives from a list Effie Trinket sent her. Cooking, flower arranging, playing the flute. None of them took, although Prim had a knack for all three. Finally Cinna stepped in and offered to help me develop my passion for designing clothes, which really required development since it was non-existent.

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  Mother, Flower, Passion

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.39, Scholastic Inc.

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• I merely feel emptyness. A hollow of dead brush where flowers use to bloom.

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  Flower, Use, Brushes

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