Suzanne Collins

Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the Capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams.” Annie, who's on Johanna's other side,…

— Suzanne Collins

“I hear Peeta's voice in my head. She has no idea. The effect she can have. Obviously meant to demean me. Right?…

— Suzanne Collins

“Peeta and I sit on the damp sand, facing away from each other, my right shoulder and hip pressed against his. ...…

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“If Peeta and I were both to die, or they thought we were…My fingers fumble with the pouch on my belt, freeing…

— Suzanne Collins

“At the time, I didn’t know what he meant. It was hard to see clearly because I was so afraid. Now I’m…

— Suzanne Collins

The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl…

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The arenas are historic sites, preserved after the Games. Popular destinations for Capitol residents to visit, to vacation. Go for a month,…

— Suzanne Collins

At once, it’s clear I cannot gush. We try me playing cocky, but I just don’t have the arrogance. Apparently, I’m too…

— Suzanne Collins

“I have to admit I didn't see it coming. I saw a multitude of other things. Being publicly humiliated, tortured, and executed.…

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“Our rocky ledge overlooking the valley. Perhaps a little less green than usual, but the blackberry bushes hang heavy with fruit. Here…

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I remember the first time I saw you. Your hair was in two braids instead of one. I remember when you sang…

— Suzanne Collins

“Sometimes Coriolanus wondered if the debris had been left there to remind the citizens of what they had endured. People had short…

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“I wrap my arms tightly around his neck before he can order me to do push-ups or something. Instead he pulls me…

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She must have really loved him to leave her home for the Seam. I try to remember that when all I can…

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“He couldn’t, Haymitch. He never heard me sing that song.” “Not you. Your father. He heard him singing it one day when…

— Suzanne Collins

I can't argue that Finnick isn't one of the most stunning, sensuous people on the planet. But I can honestly say he's…

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“I watch his hands, his beautiful, capable fingers. Scarred, as mine were before the Capitol erased all marks from my skin, but…

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In that one slight motion, I see the end of hope, beginning of destruction of everything I hold dear in the world.…

— Suzanne Collins

“When the light goes out completely, Buttercup’s temporarily distraught and confused, but he recovers and moves on to other things. (That’s what…

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Caesar Flickerman asks if the president has a date in mind. "Oh, before we set a date, we better clear it with…

— Suzanne Collins

“I'm sure they didn't notice anything but you. You should wear flamesmore often," he says. "They suits you" And then he gives…

— Suzanne Collins

I think of the snarling, cruel exchange back on the hovercraft. The bitterness that followed. But all I say is "I can't…

— Suzanne Collins

The pounding music, the cheers, the admiration work their way into my blood, and I can’t suppress my excitement. Cinna has given…

— Suzanne Collins

I'm relieved Peeta's alive. I tell myself again that if I get killed, his winnings will benefit my mother and Prim the…

— Suzanne Collins

“Sometimes when I’m alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with…

— Suzanne Collins

“In theory, sure, Gregor could still go home. Pack up his three-year-old sister, Boots, get his mom out of the hospital, where…

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“We got them all out. Except Enobaria. But since she’s from Two, we doubt she’s being held anyway. Peeta’s at the end…

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“Prim. I need only to think of Prim and all my resolve disintegrates. It’s my job to protect her. I pull the…

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I noticed the plants growing around me. Tall with leaves like arrowheads. Blossoms with three white petals. I knelt down in the…

— Suzanne Collins