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First Quotes by Suzanne Collins
- I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.
- Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. I can't help enjoying his distress. "Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in…
- I can see the first apple teetering when I let the third arrow go, catching the torn flap and ripping it from the bag. For…
- But if you want to find peace, you must first be able to hope it is possible.
- Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off…
- Four people wheel out a huge wedding cake from a side room. Most of the guests back up, making way for this rarity, this dazzling…
- I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm jolted back in time, to another wound, another…
- How do you bear it?†Finnick looks at me in disbelief. “I don’t, Katniss! Obviously, I don’t. I drag myself out of nightmares each morning…
- Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But…
- This is the first kiss that we're both fully aware of. Neither of us hobbled by sickness or pain or simply unconscious. Our lips neither…
- Besides, it's the first gift that's always the hardest to pay back. I wouldn't even have been here to do it if you hadn't helped…
- Swathed in silk, I feel like a caterpillar in a cocoon awaiting metamorphosis. I always supposed that to be a peaceful condition. At first it…
- It’s the first time I’ve ever kissed a boy, which should make some sort of impression I guess, but all I can register is how…
- Haymich finally drops the good-natured act. "you know who else, Katniss. You know who stepped up first." Of course I do. Gale.
- My voice, at first rough and breaking on the high notes, warms up into something splendid. A voice that would make the mockingjays fall silent…
- Maybe . . . because for the first time . . . there was a chance I could keep him,†I say. “So now that…
- They play in the Meadow. The dancing girl with the dark hair and blue eyes. The boy with blond curls and gray eyes, struggling to…
- So at least half the victors have instructed their mentors to request you as an ally. I know it can't be your sunny personality.†“They…
- You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done anything normal together.
- The rat turned his glowing eyes on him, and Gregor was shocked by what he saw there. The intelligence, the deadliness, and, most surprisingly, the…
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