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Suzanne Collins quotes: The audience must be sick to death of the star-crossed lovers from District 12. I know I am.

The audience must be sick to death of the star-crossed lovers from District 12. I know I am.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Who says i can't handle it? I can handle it, said Gregor obviously not handling it.

Who says i can't handle it? I can handle it, said Gregor obviously not handling it.

Suzanne Collins quotes: If you appeal to the crowd, either by being humorous or brutal or eccentric, you gain favor.

If you appeal to the crowd, either by being humorous or brutal or eccentric, you gain favor.

Suzanne Collins quotes: 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 me then.

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 me then.

Suzanne Collins quotes: then smiles. "Well, if I end up going to the

then smiles. "Well, if I end up going to the

Suzanne Collins quotes: Deep in the meadow , under the willow , a bed of grass , a soft green pillow

Deep in the meadow , under the willow , a bed of grass , a soft green pillow

Suzanne Collins quotes: A leather bag filled with food and a flask of hot tea.

A leather bag filled with food and a flask of hot tea.

Suzanne Collins quotes: It's the first gift that's always the hardest to pay back.

It's the first gift that's always the hardest to pay back.

Suzanne Collins quotes: If he goes and dies on me now, I know I'll go completely insane.

If he goes and dies on me now, I know I'll go completely insane.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I want to die as myself.

I want to die as myself.

Suzanne Collins quotes: You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.

You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Then I realize . . . he was my first kill.

Then I realize . . . he was my first kill.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Yes. I killed him. And buried her in flowers," I say. "And I sang her to sleep.

Yes. I killed him. And buried her in flowers," I say. "And I sang her to sleep.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I will not be pawn in their games

I will not be pawn in their games

Suzanne Collins quotes: I can only form one clear thought.This is no place for a girl on fire.

I can only form one clear thought.
This is no place for a girl on fire.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Laughter changes to screams, blood stains pastel stones, real smoke darkens the special effect stuff made for television.

Laughter changes to screams, blood stains pastel stones, real smoke darkens the special effect stuff made for television.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Tuck in your tail, little duck.

Tuck in your tail, little duck.

Suzanne Collins quotes: The morphlings from District 6 are in the camouflage station, painting each other's faces with bright pink swirls.

The morphlings from District 6 are in the camouflage station, painting each other's faces with bright pink swirls.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Finnick looks at Johanna and raises his eyebrows. He will not go forward without her.

Finnick looks at Johanna and raises his eyebrows. He will not go forward without her.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Then he smiles as if he'd be happy to lie there and gaze at me forever.

Then he smiles as if he'd be happy to lie there and gaze at me forever.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I just don't want them to change me, if I'm going to die I still want to be me.

I just don't want them to change me, if I'm going to die I still want to be me.

Suzanne Collins quotes: My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain.

My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I don't even know why you bothered to put Finnick and me through training, Plutarch," I say.

I don't even know why you bothered to put Finnick and me through training, Plutarch," I say.

Suzanne Collins quotes: My refusal to play the Games on the Capitol's terms is to be my last act of rebellion. So

My refusal to play the Games on the Capitol's terms is to be my last act of rebellion. So

Suzanne Collins quotes: Fire burns brighter in the dark.

Fire burns brighter in the dark.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Do not judge Ripred's behavior by that of his kind

Do not judge Ripred's behavior by that of his kind

Suzanne Collins quotes: Remember. I'm still betting on you girl on fire

Remember. I'm still betting on you girl on fire

Suzanne Collins quotes: However much President Snow may hate me, this Capitol audience is mine.

However much President Snow may hate me, this Capitol audience is mine.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I have been keeping track of the boy with the bread.

I have been keeping track of the boy with the bread.

Suzanne Collins quotes: You still have no idea the affect you can have.

You still have no idea the affect you can have.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Hey, Finnick, come on in! We figured out how to make you pretty again!

Hey, Finnick, come on in! We figured out how to make you pretty again!

Suzanne Collins quotes: My heart is beating so fast and fierce I hardly hear them.

My heart is beating so fast and fierce I hardly hear them.

Suzanne Collins quotes: way the Capitol shows it on television, but there's next to no life aboveground. In the seventy-five

way the Capitol shows it on television, but there's next to no life aboveground. In the seventy-five

Suzanne Collins quotes: My legs, arms, torso, underarms, and parts of my eyebrows have been stripped of the stuff, leaving me like a plucked bird, ready for roasting.

My legs, arms, torso, underarms, and parts of my eyebrows have been stripped of the stuff, leaving me like a plucked bird, ready for roasting.

Suzanne Collins quotes: One of the few freedoms we have in District 12 is the right to marry who we want or not marry at all. And now even that has been taken

One of the few freedoms we have in District 12 is the right to marry who we want or not marry at all. And now even that has been taken away from me. I

Suzanne Collins quotes: Scores only matter if they're very good, no one pays much attention to the bad or mediocre ones.

Scores only matter if they're very good, no one pays much attention to the bad or mediocre ones.

Suzanne Collins quotes: The heat of the bread burned into my skin, but I clutched it tighter, clinging to life.

The heat of the bread burned into my skin, but I clutched it tighter, clinging to life.

Suzanne Collins quotes: You got to get through it to get to the end of it

You got to get through it to get to the end of it

Suzanne Collins quotes: Well, I don't have much competition here.""You don't have much competition anywhere.

Well, I don't have much competition here."
"You don't have much competition anywhere.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.

I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.

Suzanne Collins quotes: How about you, Mockingjay? You feel totally safe?" "Oh, yeah. Right up until I got shot," I say.

How about you, Mockingjay? You feel totally safe?" "Oh, yeah. Right up until I got shot," I say.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Baker's, the smell of fresh bread was so overwhelming

Baker's, the smell of fresh bread was so overwhelming

Suzanne Collins quotes: I'm about to panic when I remember the rabbit I startled earlier today. It has to drink, too. I just have to find out where.

I'm about to panic when I remember the rabbit I startled earlier today. It has to drink, too. I just have to find out where.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Smiling is mostly about smiling more.

Smiling is mostly about smiling more.

Suzanne Collins quotes: You know, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns to pearls, he

You know, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns to pearls, he

Suzanne Collins quotes: As long as you can find yourself, you'll never starve.

As long as you can find yourself, you'll never starve.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I feel like dough, being kneaded and reshaped again and again.

I feel like dough, being kneaded and reshaped again and again.

Suzanne Collins quotes: To tell or not to tell?

To tell or not to tell?

Suzanne Collins quotes: Peeta?" I creep along the bank."Well, don't step on me.

Peeta?" I creep along the bank.
"Well, don't step on me.

Suzanne Collins quotes: She genuinely likes people. All people, not just a select few she's spent years making up her mind about.

She genuinely likes people. All people, not just a select few she's spent years making up her mind about.

Suzanne Collins quotes: That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish.

That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish.

Suzanne Collins quotes: If my holding out those berries was an act of temporary insanity, then those people will embrace insanity too.

If my holding out those berries was an act of temporary insanity, then those people will embrace insanity too.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Maybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. I don't care. I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good.

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

Suzanne Collins quotes: I can only manage to hold on to one simple thought: an image of Snow's face accompanied by the whisper in my head. I will kill you.

I can only manage to hold on to one simple thought: an image of Snow's face accompanied by the whisper in my head. I will kill you.

Suzanne Collins quotes: So this is where stylists go when they've outlived their use. To sad theme underwear shops where they wait for death.

So this is where stylists go when they've outlived their use. To sad theme underwear shops where they wait for death.

Suzanne Collins quotes: You know, you're kind of squeamish for such a lethal person

You know, you're kind of squeamish for such a lethal person

Suzanne Collins quotes: But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise.

But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise.

Suzanne Collins quotes: At the moment, the choice would be simple. I can survive just fine without either of them.

At the moment, the choice would be simple. I can survive just fine without either of them.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Smells like home.

Smells like home.

Suzanne Collins quotes: So people really do tear out their hair and beat the ground with their fists

So people really do tear out their hair and beat the ground with their fists

Suzanne Collins quotes: Floating on my back, as I am now,

Floating on my back, as I am now,

Suzanne Collins quotes: What is the worst pain? To me, it's always the pain that is present.

What is the worst pain? To me, it's always the pain that is present.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Hard time adjusting to being underground so much. But after the surreal encounter with the

Hard time adjusting to being underground so much. But after the surreal encounter with the

Suzanne Collins quotes: I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.

I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.

Suzanne Collins quotes: For some reason Gale and Peeta do not coexist well in my thoughts.

For some reason Gale and Peeta do not coexist well in my thoughts.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I swear if you cry, I'll kill you here and now.

I swear if you cry, I'll kill you here and now.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Anything else?"Haymitch rises to go. "While I was waiting ... I ate your lunch.

Anything else?"
Haymitch rises to go. "While I was waiting ... I ate your lunch.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream.

Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream.

Suzanne Collins quotes: It sends out a very clear message: Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children.

It sends out a very clear message: Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children.

Suzanne Collins quotes: You don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope.

You don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope.

Suzanne Collins quotes: And she's very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her

And she's very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her

Suzanne Collins quotes: For what? Nothing's going on here," he says. "Besides I like watching you sleep. You don't scowl. Improves your looks a lot.

For what? Nothing's going on here," he says. "Besides I like watching you sleep. You don't scowl. Improves your looks a lot.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword.

Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword.

Suzanne Collins quotes: They more than do their work, they take pride in it. Like Cinna.

They more than do their work, they take pride in it. Like Cinna.

Suzanne Collins quotes: So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

Suzanne Collins quotes: You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done anything normal together.

You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done anything normal together.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I keep hoping that as time passes by, we'll regain the ease between us, but part of me knows it's futile. There's no going back.

I keep hoping that as time passes by, we'll regain the ease between us, but part of me knows it's futile. There's no going back.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Well, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns into pearls!

Well, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns into pearls!

Suzanne Collins quotes: Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?

Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?

Suzanne Collins quotes: Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death.

Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I don't care if you got knocked up. I can still rip your throat out

I don't care if you got knocked up. I can still rip your throat out

Suzanne Collins quotes: the fluffy golden squirrels turn out to be carnivorous and attack in packs, and the butterfly stings bring agony if not death. But

the fluffy golden squirrels turn out to be carnivorous and attack in packs, and the butterfly stings bring agony if not death. But

Suzanne Collins quotes: One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.

One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.

Suzanne Collins quotes: You know what I miss? More than anything? Coffee. Plutarch Heavensbee

You know what I miss? More than anything? Coffee.
Plutarch Heavensbee

Suzanne Collins quotes: On my family: My mother buries her grief in her work. Having no work, grief buries me.

On my family: My mother buries her grief in her work. Having no work, grief buries me.

Suzanne Collins quotes: How did Rue end up on that stage with nothing but the wind offering to take her place?

How did Rue end up on that stage with nothing but the wind offering to take her place?

Suzanne Collins quotes: Getting the broth into Peeta takes an hour of coaxing, begging, threatening, and yes, kissing,

Getting the broth into Peeta takes an hour of coaxing, begging, threatening, and yes, kissing,

Suzanne Collins quotes: He lives alone, no wife or children, most of his waking hours drunk. I don't want to end up like that.

He lives alone, no wife or children, most of his waking hours drunk. I don't want to end up like that.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, my money would be on you.

I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, my money would be on you.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips.

I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I'm running on hate. When the energy from that ebbs I'll be worthless.

I'm running on hate. When the energy from that ebbs I'll be worthless.

Suzanne Collins quotes: I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good. Because really it's mostly for their own good.

I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good. Because really it's mostly for their own good.

Suzanne Collins quotes: But the real star of the evening is food.

But the real star of the evening is food.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Together? Together.

Together? Together.

Suzanne Collins quotes: it is a perfect weapon

it is a perfect weapon

Suzanne Collins quotes: You haven't hurt people - you've given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it. There's

You haven't hurt people - you've given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it. There's

Suzanne Collins quotes: Peacekeepers, in pristine white uniforms, march on the cleanly swept cobblestones. Along the rooftops, more of them occupy nests of machine guns.

Peacekeepers, in pristine white uniforms, march on the cleanly swept cobblestones. Along the rooftops, more of them occupy nests of machine guns.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Your only defense can be you were so madly in love you weren't responsible for your actions.

Your only defense can be you were so madly in love you weren't responsible for your actions.

Suzanne Collins quotes: She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the reaping.

She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the reaping.

Suzanne Collins quotes: Whatever the opposite of fine is, that's what I am.

Whatever the opposite of fine is, that's what I am.