Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Upon this crown my pledge I give, To my last breath,I hold this choice, I will your unjust deaths avenge, All here… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
If I can make it clear that I’m still defying the Capitol right up to the end, the Capitol will have killed… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Yeah, about that,” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that again.” “Or what?” I ask. “Or .… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I drink in his wholeness, the soundness of his body and mind. It runs through me like the morphling they give me… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Even though I don't ask, Plutarch gives me cheerful updates on the phone like "Good news, Katniss! I think we've almost got… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
There's a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to you. Don't… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
All I can think of is the emaciated bodies of children on our kitchen table as my mother prescribes what the parent's… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Yes, everyone in the districts will be watching me to see how I handle this death sentence, this final act of President… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
As I descend the stairs, I can’t help brushing my fingers along the unblemished white marble walls. So cold and beautiful. Even… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I look at Peeta and he gives me a sad smile. I hear Haymitch's voice. "You could do a lot worse." At… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
They can fatten me up. They can give me a full body polish, dress me up, and make me beautiful again. They… — 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
By the end of the session, I am no one at all. Haymitch started drinking somewhere around witty, and a nasty edge… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I notice her blouse has pulled out of her skirt in the back again and force myself to stay calm. "Tuck your… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
What have the nibblers ever done for you?" The breeze ruffled her hair, pushing it back from her face, giving him a… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I go to the saltwater and wash off the blood, trying to decide which I hate more, pain or itching. Fed up,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
You'd have thought we planned it," says Peeta, giving me just the hint of a smile. "Didn't you?" asks Portia. Her fingers… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Caesar Flickerman asks if the president has a date in mind. "Oh, before we set a date, we better clear it with… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Glimmer, I hear someone call her - ugh, the names the people in District 1 give their children are so ridiculous ... — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Peeta looks me right in the eye and gives my hand what I think is meant to be a reassuring squeeze. Maybe… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I don't want to cry. Everyone will make note of my tears and I'll be marked as an easy target. A weakling.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream. [...] When I fully awaken, I'm momentarily comforted.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The main thing I feel is a sense of relief. That I can give up this game. That the question of whether… — 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
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
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
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
“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
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
Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
“¡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
“I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
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
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
“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
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