I wish Peeta were here to hold me, until I remember I'm not supposed to wish that anymore. I have chosen Gale… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“felt once before. In the cave last year, when I was trying to get Haymitch to send us food. I kissed Peeta… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
But what was it Haymitch said when I asked if he had told Peeta the situation? That he had to pretend to… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“it’s like they can read my thoughts. “The locket didn’t work, did it?” Peeta says, even though Finnick is right there. Even… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Katniss," Gale says softly. I recognize that voice. It's the same one he uses to approach wounded animals before he delivers a… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
And it’s all my fault, Gale. Because of what I did in the arena. If I had just killed myself with those… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“By late afternoon I lie with my head in Peeta’s lap making a crown of flowers while he fiddles with my hair… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Katniss?" He drops my hand and I take a step, as if to catch my balance. "It was all for the Games,"… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“No one really needs me," he says, and there's no self pity in his voice. It's true his family doesn't need him.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“for Katniss Everdeen. At the mention of my name, Peeta’s face contorts in effort. “Katniss . . . how do you think… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Peeta smiles and douses Haymitch's knife in white liquor from a bottle on the floor. He wipes the blade clean on his… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I'm going to wake Peeta," I say. "No, wait," says Finnick. "Let's do it together. Put our faces right in front of… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“It takes a long time before I get to the bottom of why I'm so upset. When Id o, it's almost too… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I'm so sorry," I whisper. I lean forward and kiss him. His eyelashes flutter and he looks at me through a haze… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“When I met Peeta, I was eleven years old, and I was almost dead.” I talk about that awful day when I… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I lean in and kiss Peeta full on the mouth. His whole body starts shuddering, but I keep my lips pressed to… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“It brings on the flood of images that torments me, awake or asleep. Peeta being tortured — drowned, burned, lacerated, shocked, maimed,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Today I might lose both of them. I try to imagine a world where both Gale's and Peeta's voices have ceased. Hands… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“All right, so give me some idea of what you can do," says Haymitch. I can’t do anything," says Peeta, "unless you… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Gale didn't say, "Katniss will pick whoever it will break her heart to give up," or even "whoever she can't live without."… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Peeta rinses the pearl off in the water and hands it to me. “For you.” I hold it out on my palm… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“But his arms are there to comfort me, and eventually his lips. On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
And while I was talking, the idea of actually losing Peeta hit me again and I realized how much I don't want… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Several sets of arms would embrace me. But in the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“The mayor finishes the dreary Treaty of Treason and motions for Peeta and me to shake hands. His are as solid and… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Finnick Odair, the sex symbol from the fishing district, who kept Peeta alive in the arena when I couldn’t. They want to… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“This is one of the few good things about 13. Getting Gale back. With the pressure of the Capitol’s arranged marriage between… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
What about Gale?" "He's not a bad kisser either," I say shortly. "And it was okay with both of us? You kissing… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
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… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“This is a man who spent his adult life at the bottom of a bottle, trying to anesthetize himself against the Capitol’s… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“So it’s almost entertaining to see Caesar Flickerman, the eternal host of the Hunger Games, with his painted face and sparkly suit,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
They play in the Meadow. The dancing girl with the dark hair and blue eyes. The boy with blond curls and gray… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Nonetheless, after we've dropped off the birds and volunteered to go back to the woods to gather kindling for the evening fire,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Why didn’t we before?” I say. “Because it’s costly. But everyone agrees this is the thing to do. It’s the same choice… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“They play in the Meadow. The dancing girl with the dark hair and blue eyes. The boy with blond curls and gray… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
So at least half the victors have instructed their mentors to request you as an ally. I know it can't be your… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“A voice calls the others to attention. “Shut up!” Every pair of eyes falls on Haymitch. “It’s not some big mystery! The… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly realized through the artistry of the designers. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
A furious Peeta hammers Haymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch watching me. This is the moment,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“The same goes for the other captured tributes, Johanna and Enobaria.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I don't know how to say it exactly. Only...I want to die as myself. Does that make any sense?' he asks. I shake my… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I want to interrupt the taping and beg Finnick’s forgiveness for every false thought I’ve ever had about him.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I pound on the glass, screaming my head off. Everyone ignores me except for some Capitol attendant who appears behind me and offers me… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“¡Es que no quiero que me conozcan! ¡Ya me están quitando el futuro! ¡No pueden llevarse también lo que me importaba en el pasado!” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Mostly we just add to the piles of rainbow glass that's been blown off the exteriors of the cany-colored buildings. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't have a fully loaded… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“But the significant difference between Thirteen and the Capitol are the expectations of the populace. Thirteen was used to hardship, wheras in the Capitol,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
