Trying Quotes by Suzanne Collins

If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.

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Why am I hopping around like some trained dog trying to please people I hate?

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Katniss…he's still trying to keep you alive.

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Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t,” he says.

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I stare at the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not.

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Exactly how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there? Somehow it just won't seem sincere if I'm trying to…

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You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers. "Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do,…

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Peeta: You be nice to her, Finnick. Or I might try and take her away from you. Finnick: Oh, Peeta. Don't make…

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If there's a more helpless feeling than trying to reach someone you love who's trapped underground, I don't know it.

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They're a little strange, but I'm pretty sure neither of them is going to try to make me uncomfortable by stripping naked.

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The rat was merely trying to sleep. Believe me, pup, if I had wanted to kill you we wouldn’t be having this…

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Maybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. I don't care. I'm sick of people lying to me…

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There's a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to you. Don't…

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“I am living proof that the Capitol always wins. I tried to keep that sun from rising on another reaping day, I…

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So what I'd really like is to try and conceal him somewhere safe, then go hunt, and come back and collect him.…

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Never," said Gregor. "I'll never get rid of you, no matter how hard I try." It was no longer an effort to…

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Yeah, about that,” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that again.” “Or what?” I ask. “Or .…

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I shift on to my side and find myself looking directly into Gale's eyes. For an instant the world recedes and there…

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By the end of the session, I am no one at all. Haymitch started drinking somewhere around witty, and a nasty edge…

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Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt. Neighbor. Hunter. Tribute. Ally. I'll add it…

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The raw hunk of meat that used to be my enemy makes a sound, and I know where the mouth is. And…

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In one horrible moment the last piece of the prophecy became clear. So bid him take care, bid him look where he…

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I go to the saltwater and wash off the blood, trying to decide which I hate more, pain or itching. Fed up,…

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I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people. Maybe if I had thanked him at some point, I'd…

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Today I might lose both of them. I try to imagine a world where both Gale's and Peeta's voices have ceased. Hands…

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Your favorite colour . . . it's green?" "That's right." Then I think of something to add. "And yours is orange." "Orange?"…

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He tilts his forehead down to rest against mine and pulls me closer. His skin, his whole being radiates heat from being…

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I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink…

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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…

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I curl up, make myself smaller, try to disappear entirely. Wrapped in silence, I slide my bracelet that reads 'mentally disoriented' around…

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What happens when we get back? I don't know. I guess we try and forget. I don't want to forget.

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The only thing worse than fighting a giant scorpion was fighting a giant scorpion who was trying to protect her young.

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I go back to my room and lie under the covers, trying not to think of Gale and thinking of nothing else.

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If you had hope, maybe you could find a way to make things change,. Because if you thought about it, there were…

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I try to forgive her for my father's sake. But to be honest, I'm not the forgiving type.

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You’re not leaving me here alone,” I say. Because if he dies, I’ll never go home, not really. I’ll spend the rest…

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

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I'm trying to think of a witty comeback, when Boggs says brusquely, “Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just…

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Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. And a a lot of people do, out of relief that their children…

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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…

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