“my mother snatched the rope necklaces away and was yelling at my father.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“My mother was very beautiful once, too. Or so they tell me. Sitting” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The only thing worse than fighting a giant scorpion was fighting a giant scorpion who was trying to protect her young. — 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
No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
One time, my mother told me that I always eat like I'll never see food again. And I said, "I won't unless… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My mother tried really hard to protect us, but occasionally, after afternoon cartoons of whatever was on... the nightly news would come… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother’s body, their cheeks pressed together. In sleep, my mother… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My time in the arena made me realize how I needed to stop punishing [my mother] for something she couldn't help, specifically… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I think of my parents. The way my father never failed to bring her gifts from the woods. The way my mother’s… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I reach for Prim in the twilight, clamp my hand on her leg and pull myself over to her. Her voice remains… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips. I remember my father… — 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
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 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
“My father got to know my mother because on his hunts he would sometimes collect medicinal herbs and sell them to her… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
At least, you two have decent manners," says Effie as we're finishing the main course. "The pair last year ate everything with… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
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… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
She’s really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail, the one who… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm jolted back in time, to… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner," "A coal miner? Why… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
He puts the chain with the locket around my neck, then rests his hand over the spot where our baby would be.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim's warmth but finding only… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
So that day, in music assembly, the teacher asked who knew the valley song. Your hand shot right up in the air.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“My mother's hand strokes my cheek and I don't push it away as I would in wakefulness, never wanting her to know… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his immediacy now.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Since I’ve been home I’ve been trying hard to mend my relationship with my mother. Asking her to do things for me… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
No one really needs me,” he says, and there's no self-pity in his voice...“I do,” I say. “I need you.” He looks… — 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
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