He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown, leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this" - he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose - "distracting?
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He looks down at his legs as if noticing them for the fi... SUZANNE COLLINS His legs are one of his strong points. I was just trying to stay away from his legs as much as possi... KYLE DOHERTY Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l... KUO HIS Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l... KUO HIS He didn't. You know, he said he was being provocative. He has a background in philosophy and the ide... JAKE TAPPER Sometimes I feel sure he is as mad as a hatter and then, just as he is at his maddest, I find there ... AGATHA CHRISTIE For a moment, he looks back at me, and his farewell is in his smile. Then he turns to the stars. BETH REVIS As she shuffled back, he glanced down at the tent between his legs. Christ, that goddamn thing in th... J.R. WARD If you look at him, you would think he's 20-something. He takes care of his body ... look in his loc... KEARY COLBERT I can vouch for that. Right after he got his first check, I expected him to sit down and do nothing.... MICHAEL JOHNSON He arrived in good shape, conscious, I talked to him, he expressed his appreciation and his thanks f... LEILA SHAHID Whoe'er has gone thro' London street,
Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat,
And how he keeps
... THOMAS HOOD Whoe'er has gone thro' London street, Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat, And how he keeps Gloati... THOMAS HOOD As they scuffled in the grass, Adam closed his eyes and leaned his head back. He could nearly scry j... MAGGIE STIEFVATER He was running down the field, his foot got stuck in the turf and his knee just buckled. Once he wen... JASON GIBSON You couldn't find anything bad to say about him. You couldn't criticize his coaching. He was superb.... RICK MAJERUS When he fell, I was the first one to jump down and help him. He stood up, his eyes just got wide and... EVAN SAVOIE I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look for... WILLIAM ERNEST HOCKING [He] put his foot in his mouth, and then we told him, 'As long as you have your foot in your mouth, ... FRED NEWMAN We'll when he lets his guard down he's okay. Like when he just talks without checking his words or y... KIERA CASS If someone invites you to his religion, do not look down on him, on the contrary, you should thank h... ILKIN SANTAK He moves suddenly so that his hand is cupping my sex, and one of his fingers sinks slowly into me. H... E.L. JAMES He pitched great. He had some big strikeouts when he needed them. His command was better today, he h... JAY SUTTON He injured his knee and ankle at the same time. When he was scrambling, [he] came up into the line, ... STEVE ANTONOPULOS He came in and helped Band-Aid things together and put himself in a good position for what might hap... CLINT HURDLE He was very emotional when he first saw Blake in the hospital. But now he helps out with his brother... SHERRY SCARBERRY I saw Michael's left hand in my brother's underwear and saw his right hand in his [own] underwear. H... JAMES DOE The first couple of innings, he was struggling with his mechanics. He had trouble throwing strikes. ... MIKE HARGROVE He shouldn't be alone at a time like this. This is a special time for me to be around as much as... JOSEPH JACKSON Fireheart tensed, waiting for whatever had hunted down these apprentices to emerge from the trees an... ERIN HUNTER Ben Battle was a soldier bold, / And used to war's alarms: / But a cannon-ball took off his legs, / ... THOMAS HOOD When he first got down there, he was 'The Golden Child.' Everyone loved him, ... He had his whole fa... JAMIE SHARPER All this time as a mad scientist why didn't he have a shrink ray or stun gun in his closet somewhere... CHARLIE JANE ANDERS After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for hi... J.R.R. TOLKIEN why do you like fights Darry~Ponyboy He just likes to show off his muscles~Sodapop S.E. HINTON If you think of a composer when he sits down to write, it's just him and a piece of paper. This take... MATTHIAS GOHL What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear m... VERONICA ROTH She struggled against him and then kicked him with her knee, right between his legs. He won’t be t... AMBER M. KESTNER Incredible. Incredible. I told him he looks handsome. His face has thinned down. LYNNE ANDERSON A man is born; his first years go by in obscurity amid the pleasures or hardships of childhood. He g... ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor an... JAMES A. MICHENER The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his
work and his play, his labor an... ZEN BUDDHIST If it's from his district, he looks at it. KATHY ROBERTS He was sound asleep, his long legs stretched out in front of him, the blessed fire blazing, an empty... ANNE STUART Adrian wanted to talk about his hands, and I wanted to discuss his legs. Really, this was a situatio... JEFF PENTLAND He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, for he knew when he pleased he could whistle them ba... OLIVER GOLDSMITH He always told the truth. If you asked him a question, he was going to give you the answer. You migh... ENOS CABELL I didn't ask him to take his shirt off. I couldn't tell you. But he looks in good shape. MIKE MCCARTHY Because you need me," he said, drawing in his breath as she squirmed against him. "Just as I need yo... LISA KLEYPAS I saw Hussy hurt three times with a jab on the ropes and his legs were gone on him. I wasn't looking... BILLY HUSSEIN When we played them, he was coming off a few weeks break; he was coming off knee surgery. Now you lo... GARY BRACKETT Drew would run through a brick wall for (Temples). When he asked him to put his hand down, he didn't... STAN KENTON He never looks you straight in the eye; or if he does, it is somehow vaguely, indefinitely; he does ... NIKOLAI GOGOL Benji usually tries to match his hair with his underwear, and you know how he had the pink hair for ... JOEL MADDEN He was just moving his front end, and his hind legs sort of moved shakily behind him, ... It was rea... SUZAN MURRAY He gave his life to save the thing that mattered most to him: his Clanmates,” he meowed softly. �... ERIN HUNTER He has a gun for an arm, but the things he can do with his legs. For one thing, he can fly. Number t... BRIAN DAWKINS His father was a great guy and was always a good fan. He loved Duke football, and he loved his son, ... BRIAN GREENE When a man takes an oath...,he's holding his ownself in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens h... ROBERT BOLT He had a bit of an off year for us, but it was his first in the National League and his knee was bot... CARLOS TOSCA After we've been dancing awhile and need a breather, we walk off the dance floor. I whip out my cell... SIMONE ELKELES The next day he woke up feeling like he'd been unshackled from his fat, like he'd been washed clean ... JUNOT DíAZ It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask,... JAMES FENTON He's at his best with two strikes. He sets his mind on one pitch and it doesn't matter if it's on th... TOM GRAHAM The two goals for the win both because of him. To me, that just shows his tenacity and his hunger fo... BRIAN HALL If he loses his temper that easily, where he has to kick somebody, then what's gonna happen next tim... ANITA THOMAS He would always have his head down in the huddle, looking at that wristband of his all the time. Now... JEFF HARTINGS The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, h... H. RAP BROWN He inched his way up the corridor as if he would rather be yarding his way down it... DOUGLAS ADAMS Now, if you asked him what he was going to do with himself, he'd tell you he guessed he might do any... JENNIFER NIVEN As if she had summoned them, a flurry of stones flew out of the darkness, striking his mail, pinging... HILARI BELL The best thing about him is that even if his down, he never shows it. After he was dropped (in 2002)... CHANDRAKANT PANDIT He loved his family and friends, gatherings. He especially adores his mother. First comes God, then ... SHEIKH AHMAD If a man starts devoting his maximum real-time for introspection in seclusion, then he would detest ... ANUJ SOMANY I know physically, he probably wouldn't tell you this, but his knee was bothering him last year. He'... WAYNE KRIVSKY I watched him now, his hands working gingerly, as if he were learning to use them for the first time... MITCH ALBOM You could hear him, literally, half a mile away when he opened up. He was at his peak then. He was, ... ALAN LOMAX First he wasn't taking his medicine. Then he was forced to take it under supervision and his blood p... DONALD UGES When he cuts down on his swing, and doesn't try to swing too hard, he puts good passes on the ball. ... BILL ROBINSON This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs DAN QUAYLE The law was his first love. He gave 100 percent of his time and energy to cases that he believed in.... KATHLEEN SMITH The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream ... ALFRED A. KNOPF Last year he had a really strong first serve -- if it went in. This year he is much more consistent ... JEFF SCHULTE The inside of his mouth looks like mud, just like he looks. Then he has this red tongue that is skin... DAVID NIEVES On the summit see,
The seals of office glitter in his eyes;
He climbs, he pants, he grasps the... WILLIAM COWPER It's a good test for him, and I expect him to run huge. Nobody scares me if he runs his race. If he ... ERNIE PARAGALLO If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood ru... FRANCISCO D'ANCONIA In the middle of all this, as Sean slips out of his jacket, he looks over his shoulder at me and he ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Being the father he was, he just comforted his son in his time of need. BILL LYNCH It’s just you always…” “Run,” I finish for him… I gaze up at him. Soft light... AMANDA BOUCHET But if he is angry at the world for doing him harm, why does he take it out on his loving partner? C... SUSAN WEITZMAN His truck was all shot at. He saw his friend being dragged out and being stoned first. And the guy i... JOANNE BRADSHAW He wasn't getting pitches that I think he thought were strikes, and sometimes he'll let that get to ... BOOMER WALKER I watched him even then as he fell, his face undefeated, his eyes still proud NEIL GAIMAN Even during the time he was failing, he was dedicated to his work ethic. He worked his tail off. JOE TORRE It was at first almost as if he hadn't wanted to kiss her. His mouth was hard on hers, unyielding; t... CASSANDRA CLARE I let my head fall forward into his shoulder, breathing in his scent. "Now what do we do?" JESSICA SORENSEN (Knox) was frustrated with me anyway, throughout the early game, and that kind of iced it for him. I... JIM ZORN Dane convinced me that he was up to becoming our head coach by his résumé, which was amazing, and ... MARK POPE
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SUZANNE COLLINS The raw hunk of meat that used to be my enemy makes a sound, and I know where the mouth is. And I th... SUZANNE COLLINS Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real. SUZANNE COLLINS But I don't know what to him about the aftermath of killing a person. About how they never leave you... SUZANNE COLLINS The mayor finishes the dreary Treaty of Treason and motions for Peeta and me to shake hands. His are... SUZANNE COLLINS She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in ... SUZANNE COLLINS When I break into the clearing, she's on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has the... SUZANNE COLLINS But I feel as if I did know Rue, and she'll always be with me. Everything beautiful brings her to mi... SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta's awake already, sitting on the side of the bed, looking bewildered as the trio of doctors rea... SUZANNE COLLINS He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’... SUZANNE COLLINS But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?" "Yea... SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta, you were supposed to wake me after a couple of hours," I say. "For what? Nothing's... SUZANNE COLLINS It's impossible to be the Mockingjay. Impossible to complete even this one sentence. Because now I k... SUZANNE COLLINS If Peeta and I were both to die, or they thought we were....My fingers fumble with the pouch on my b... SUZANNE COLLINS Y de repente es cómo si no existiera nadie más en el mundo que estas dos personas que atraviesan e... SUZANNE COLLINS Don't you see, Katniss, this will decide things. One way or the other. By the end of the day, they'l... SUZANNE COLLINS Lucky thing were allies, right? -Finnick Odair SUZANNE COLLINS I can hear him weeping but I don't care. They probably won't even bother to question her, she's so f... 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SUZANNE COLLINS What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How ... SUZANNE COLLINS We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear. SUZANNE COLLINS I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people. Maybe if I had thanked him at some point, ... SUZANNE COLLINS He tilts his forehead down to rest against mine and pulls me closer. His skin, his whole being radia... SUZANNE COLLINS We fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice. SUZANNE COLLINS Because...because...she came here with me. SUZANNE COLLINS My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger G... SUZANNE COLLINS We had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss," says Plutarch. "While you live, the revo... SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say. “I don't know. I... SUZANNE COLLINS You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug. SUZANNE COLLINS Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor. SUZANNE COLLINS Para que haya traición debe haber primero confianza. SUZANNE COLLINS I have to bite my lip not to screen every foul name I know at the fire starter. What are they thinki... SUZANNE COLLINS Certos passos você tem de dar sozinho. SUZANNE COLLINS She crept up on me. SUZANNE COLLINS We have to joke about it because the alternative is to be scared SUZANNE COLLINS How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving. SUZANNE COLLINS For the last year his grandma had been slipping in and out of reality. One minute she was as clear a... SUZANNE COLLINS I’m about to haul my packs into a tree to make camp when a silver parachute floats down and lands ... SUZANNE COLLINS It's weird, how much he's noticed me... And apparently, I have not been as oblivious to him as I ima... SUZANNE COLLINS It's hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots." - Katniss. SUZANNE COLLINS Are you preparing for another war, Plutarch?" I ask. "Oh, not now. Now we're in a sweet period ... SUZANNE COLLINS Not exactly. You see, Portia and I think that the coal miner thing's very overdone. No one will reme... SUZANNE COLLINS At the moment, the choice would be simple. I can survive just fine without either of them. SUZANNE COLLINS If he wants me broken, then I will have to be whole. SUZANNE COLLINS By late afternoon I lie with my head in Peeta’s lap making a crown of flowers while he fiddles wit... SUZANNE COLLINS As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve. SUZANNE COLLINS You've got to go through it to get to the end of it. SUZANNE COLLINS I'm more than just a piece in their Games. SUZANNE COLLINS Why not? It's true. My best hope is to not disgrace myself and..." He hesitates. And what... SUZANNE COLLINS I don't write about adolescence. I write about war. For adolescents. SUZANNE COLLINS One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reade... SUZANNE COLLINS I wish Peeta were here to hold me, until I remember I'm not supposed to wish that anymore. I have ch... SUZANNE COLLINS Its hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots. SUZANNE COLLINS The beauty of this idea is that my decision to keep Peeta alive at the expense of my own life is its... SUZANNE COLLINS hey. I just wanted to make sure you got home," I say. "Katniss, I live three houses away from you," ... SUZANNE COLLINS Not like this. He wanted it to be real. SUZANNE COLLINS Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. SUZANNE COLLINS So what should we do with our last few days?” “I just want to spend every possible minute o... SUZANNE COLLINS Everything is about them, not the dying boys and girls in the arena. SUZANNE COLLINS Director Gary Ross has created an adaptation that is faithful in both narrative and theme, but he... SUZANNE COLLINS Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everyt... SUZANNE COLLINS But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise. SUZANNE COLLINS Don't. Don't let's pretend when there's no one around. SUZANNE COLLINS Dead, but not allowed to die. Alive, but as good as dead. SUZANNE COLLINS It made me realize how I needed to stop punishing her for something she couldn't help [...] because ... SUZANNE COLLINS And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months s... SUZANNE COLLINS But some secrets are too delicious not to share. SUZANNE COLLINS If I have to pick one story that most influenced 'The Hunger Games,' it would be the Greek m... SUZANNE COLLINS In high school for a couple years we did archery. SUZANNE COLLINS