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Hands Quotes by Suzanne Collins
- One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping…
- I go to the saltwater and wash off the blood, trying to decide which I hate more, pain or itching. Fed up, I stomp back…
- Katniss," Gale says softly. I recognize that voice. It's the same one he uses to approach wounded animals before he delivers a deathblow. I Instinctively…
- What's going on down there, Katniss? Have they all joined hands? Taken a vow of nonviolence? Tossed the weapons in the sea in defiance of…
- That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running…
- She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath, and…
- When I break into the clearing, she's on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has the time to reach her hand through…
- Oh, he's on top of it. It was volunteer only, but he pretended not to notice me waving my hand in the air," says Haymitch.…
- I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I…
- I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something…
- 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 take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.
- And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable.
- I reach for Prim in the twilight, clamp my hand on her leg and pull myself over to her. Her voice remains steady as she…
- Today I might lose both of them. I try to imagine a world where both Gale's and Peeta's voices have ceased. Hands stilled. Eyes unblinking.…
- It's a long shot, it's suicide maybe, but I do the only thing I can think of. I lean in and kiss Peeta full on…
- 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…
- There's no point in comforting words, in telling her she'll be all right. She's no fool. Her hand reaches out and I clutch it like…
- Go to sleep," he says softly. His hand brushes the lose strands of my hair off my forehead. Unlike the staged kisses and caresses so…
- That's right. Who am I thinking of? Oh, I know. It's Cinna who likes you. But that's mainly because you didn't try to run when…
- Katniss?" He drops my hand and I take a step, as if to catch my balance. "It was all for the Games," Peeta says. "How…
- So that day, in music assembly, the teacher asked who knew the valley song. Your hand shot right up in the air. She stood you…
- We hand the meat over to Greasy Sae in the kitchen. She likes District 13 well enough, even though she thinks the cooks are somewhat…
- You would think after all the hours I’d spent with Gale– watching him talk and laugh and frown– that I would know all there was…
- He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to.
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