Suzanne Collins Quotes - Page 32

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• A verbal promise behind closed doors, even a statement written on paper-these could easily evaporate . . . .

  Suzanne Collins

  Doors, Promise, Paper

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.34, Scholastic Inc.

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• Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a spark that, left unattended, may grow to an inferno that destroys Panem," he says.

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  Girl, Fire, Catching On

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.23, Scholastic Inc.

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• I'm filled with awe, as I always am, as I watch her transform from a woman who calls me to kill a spider to a woman immune to fear.

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  Watches, Spiders, Call Me

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.111, Scholastic Inc.

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• This perplexing, good natured boy who can spin out lies so convincingly to be hopelessly in love with me ... and I admit it there are moments when he makes me believe it myself.

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  Lying, Believe, Boys

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.306, Scholastic Inc.

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• I don't know what it is with Finnick and bread, but he seems obsessed with handling it.

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  Bread, Obsessed, Finnick

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.493, Scholastic UK

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• You would think after all the hours I’d spent with Gale– watching him talk and laugh and frown– that I would know all there was to know about his lips. But I hadn’t imagined how warm they would feel pressed against my own. Or how those hands [...] could entrap me… I vaguely remember my fingers, curled tightly closed, resting on his chest.

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  Thinking, Hands, Laughing

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• Then I get it, what it means. At least, for me. District 12 only has three existing victors to choose from. Two male. One female... I am going back into the arena.

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  Mean, Two, Arena

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.379, Scholastic UK

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• It'd be better if he were easier to hate.

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  Hate, Easier, Ifs

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.185, Scholastic Inc.

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• He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to.

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  Letting Go, Hands, Doubt

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

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• There's always hand-to-hand combat. All you need is to come up with a knife, and you'll at least stand a chance. If I get jumped, I'm dead!" I can hear my voice rising in anger. "But you won't! You'll be living up in some tree eating raw squirrels and picking off people with arrows.

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  Squirrels, Hands, Knives

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

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• It’s the first time I’ve ever kissed a boy, which should make some sort of impression I guess, but all I can register is how unnaturally hot his lips are from the fever.

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  Boys, Hot, Fever

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.343, Scholastic Inc.

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• My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.

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  Names, Katniss, Should

  "Mockingjay". Book by Suzanne Collins, August 24, 2010.

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• My lips are just forming his name when his fingers lock around my throat.

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  Names, Locks, Lips

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1209, Scholastic Inc.

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• Haymich finally drops the good-natured act. "you know who else, Katniss. You know who stepped up first." Of course I do. Gale.

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  Katniss, Firsts, Gale

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• They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to pass on its genetic code, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live.

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  Brain, Form, Thrive

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

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• Cinna just smiles. 'Had a damp morning?' 'You could wring me out,' I reply. Cinna puts his arm around my shoulder and leads me into lunch. ' Don't worry, I always channel my emotions into my work. That way I don't hurt anyone but myself.

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  Hurt, Morning, Lunch

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.205, Scholastic Inc.

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• I look down at our linked fingers as I loosen my grasp, but he regains his grip on me. “No, don’t let go of me,” he says.

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  Letting Go, Looks, Fingers

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.66, Scholastic Inc.

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• In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness.

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  Our World, Hair, Rainbow

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

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• I can't help comparing what I have with Gale to what I'm pretending to have with Peeta. How I never question Gale's motives while I do nothing but doubt the latter's. It's not a fair comparison really. Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own death. How do you sidestep that?

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  Mean, Doubt, Survival

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.

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• By the way, I know about the kiss." Then the door clicks shut behind him.

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  Kissing, Doors, Way

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.29, Scholastic Inc.

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• They'll be granted immunity!" I feel myself rising from my chair, my voice full of resonant. "You will personally pledge this in front of the entire population of District Thirteen and the remainder of Twelve. Soon. Today. It will be recorded for future generations. You will hold yourself and your government responsible for their safety, or you'll find yourself another Mockingjay!

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  Government, Voice, Safety

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• Of course you are. The tributes were necessary to the Games, too. Until they weren't," I say. "And then we were very disposable - right, Plutarch?

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  Games, Tribute, Courses

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.51, Scholastic Inc.

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• but it's not safe and I can feel him slipping away, so I just get out one more sentence. "Stay with me." As the tendrils of sleep syrup pull me down, I hear him whisper a word back but I don't catch it.

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  Sleep, Safe, Slipping

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.159, Scholastic Inc.

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• Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?

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  Color, Risk, Strange

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• I know. I was hoping," I say. "Exactly. Because you're desperate," says Haymitch. I don't argue because, of course, he's right.

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  Arguing, Desperate, Courses

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.169, Scholastic Inc.

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