Back in the 1960s.there was a biological supply house over at 21st and gage in Topeka, and a guy had a bunch of Italian Wall Lizards, and we know he died in the 1960s.
Joe Collins
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS I began by saying that our history will be what we make it. If we go on as we are, then history will... EDWARD R. MURROW If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Imagine life as a game, a game that is filled with obstacles and hazards to overcome but sometimes y... GARY F EVANS... One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI He brings the greatest conflict into the history of mankind. He will come soon to our world just lik... TOBA BETA She would tuck Sam into her heart, a bright light for her to take out whenever things were darkest. SARAH J. MAAS It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light. LAUREN LOLA We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. like a small flame. ... HARUKI MURAKAMI Allie, what do the Stars tell me to do? You know I don't understand the scientific part. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The capacity of humans to believe in what seems to me highly improbable- from table tapping to the s... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN It is strange being in a crowd where no one knows your face or cares for your purpose. In Lykos, I w... PIERCE BROWN Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. I watched him even then as he fell, his face undefeated, his eyes still proud NEIL GAIMAN Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself. ELIZABETH TAYLOR You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the... DAISAKU IKEDA the deceased don’t want you to forget about them. They just want you to move past it; not to dwell... JUSTIN PYFROM Make every day count... Even when you think it's the worst day of your life; for you never know when... SOLANGE NICOLE In the rough-and-tumble play of politics, dog-whistle messages are copiously dispatched over the hea... ERIK PEVERNAGIE She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are. MADELEINE L'ENGLE Even Lot might have been mistaken. But that’s what he promised ‘em – his virgin daughters, you... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN God is the strength in which I trust." Lesson 47, A Course In Miracles HELEN SCHUCMAN There isn't an hour of my life without you in it. I mend the boats, test them and all the while the ... NICHOLAS SPARKS I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me." Stars flicker... SARAH J. MAAS Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live a... KILROY J. OLDSTER You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Voter apathy is a civic abdication. CHARLES M. BLOW I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Weird makes you truly sexy in a way the world can never know. CRAIG GROESCHEL Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don’t want to believe it. SHARON SALZBERG Learn to appreciate every moment of your life, stop thinking of the future too much, you have a choi... AULIQ ICE Although it's great to appear to a feast, home is always sweet, though it may be lonely and cold lik... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA A Hazel é diferente. Ela caminha com leveza, velhote. Caminha com leveza sobre a Terra. A Hazel sab... JOHN GREEN This is not Winterfell', he told him as he cut his meat with fork and dagger. 'On the Wall, a man ge... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the othe... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We all want to become more than we are, we want to live forever, that is why we hate death and creat... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Beaming into the thick of a tree without becoming a lifelong tree hugger was a tricky business. A pr... CHRISTINA ENGELA I frowned at the eye in my palm. "What, literally shout at the tattoo?" "You could try rubbing ... SARAH J. MAAS In the beginning it was all black and white. MAUREEN O'HARA They could play an endless game of hide-and -seek in so many rooms and up and down the halls that in... EUDORA WELTY Sometimes, how others look at it must not be how you should see it! Sometimes, how it means to other... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal. I was a survivor, and I was strong. I would no... SARAH J. MAAS I sipped from my wine. "And if he had grabbed me?" There was nothing but uncompromising w... SARAH J. MAAS There you are. I've been looking for you. His first words to me— not a lie at a... SARAH J. MAAS I was not prey any longer, I decided as I eased up to that door. And I was not a mouse. I ... SARAH J. MAAS No one was my master— but I might be master of everything, if I wished. If I dared. SARAH J. MAAS He drained his glass. "I made a mistake." "It's not the end of the world if you do that every n... SARAH J. MAAS I will kill anyone who harms you," Rhys snarled. "I will kill them, and take a damn long time doing ... SARAH J. MAAS Julia poured tea gracefully, but it all ran over into the saucers. ELIZABETH TAYLOR The next day, the villages came closer together until the beginnings and endings could no longer be ... PATRICK W. CARR It appeared to Harriet that she was always the one who remembered having seen other people. They nev... ELIZABETH TAYLOR Would you like me to grovel with gratitude for bringing me here, High Lord?" "Ah. The Suriel to... SARAH J. MAAS Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN A knowledge of Persian will aid a traveler in these countries [Turkmenistan]; but the Toorkey [Turki... A MAJOR IN THE BRITISH ARMY A new day is here! yesterday is gone! tomorrow is preparing to come! but why is today here? ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH This instant is the only time there is. A COURSE IN MIRACLES I am never upset for the reason I think. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Teach only love for that is what you are. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Only my condemnation injures me. A COURSE IN MIRACLES I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Only your mind can produce fear. A COURSE IN MIRACLES That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Kn... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Nothing that is good can become stuck – and if it is stuck, it can’t be any good! SILVIA HARTMANN The story goes as the line follow... alone... loony.... ... That's what's happening.... DEYTH BANGER Needle in a haystack's easy - just bring a magnet." Eliot stared witheringly at Hardison.... KEITH R.A. DECANDIDO These philosophically fun ideas usually satisfy nobody. Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance i... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON This is the spot where I will lie When life has had enough of me, These are the grasses ... SARA TEASDALE I've got no other home to go to, not anymore. When I look at England now I see a dead place, Rupert.... LEV GROSSMAN Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right. GRATEFUL DEAD
More Joe Collins
It wasn't easy covering 6-7 and 6-6 shooters. We weren't playing hard in the first half. In the seco... JOE COLLINS We talk about coming up short all the time. What's been our driving force is we still have a shot at... JOE COLLINS I like having the ball in my hands when the game is on the line. I can play the game under pressure. JOE COLLINS We just have to take it one game at a time. We haven't played our best game. We all know that. JOE COLLINS I just came out and played. You have to do more than score. JOE COLLINS You really can't enjoy it too long. As we learned in our season opener, if you are not mentally prep... JOE COLLINS A lot of them are worried. I pray with them that their families have made wise decisions and that Go... JOE COLLINS Disney has agreed at this point to allow us to put (ABC) back on. We think it's important that the p... JOE COLLINS He will hurt or harm someone. Each of us believes that justice has been served. JOE COLLINS I'm a point guard, I look to distribute. But coach (Kelvin) Garnett told me to be more aggressive on... JOE COLLINS Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely? JACKIE COLLINS Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection. KIM COLLINS I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live. JUDY COLLINS We work to create a new wave of feminism that is more inclusive. I want others to feel equal. It'... PETRA COLLINS I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much m... JACKIE COLLINS People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get... JACKIE COLLINS Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts. JACKIE COLLINS I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is... JACKIE COLLINS Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want ... JACKIE COLLINS Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else wo... JACKIE COLLINS I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't k... JACKIE COLLINS Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's reall... JACKIE COLLINS The husbands, who sometimes have another family who's grown, are going, Now I can spend time wit... JACKIE COLLINS I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want t... JACKIE COLLINS Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you k... JACKIE COLLINS I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They... JACKIE COLLINS I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then... JACKIE COLLINS My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother? JACKIE COLLINS I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about ... JACKIE COLLINS I have visited Australia several times, and I always try to make a point of going to Melbourne becau... JACKIE COLLINS Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you... JACKIE COLLINS I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know ... JACKIE COLLINS If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to ... JACKIE COLLINS If immigration reform passes, it'll be a big victory for sanity - nobody really believes it'... GAIL COLLINS I prefer black music in general. PHIL COLLINS It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but ... LILY COLLINS I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships wit... DOUG COLLINS Emily Dickinson never developed. She remained loyal to her persona and to that same little metrical ... BILLY COLLINS When the women's movement started in the 1960s, there was a vision of a future where women didn&... GAIL COLLINS It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly rea... SUZANNE COLLINS I actually do not believe that there are any collisions between what I believe as a Christian, and w... FRANCIS COLLINS Can I say that I think it should be against the law for one state to use taxpayer money to try to br... GAIL COLLINS Soaring prescription drug costs have placed a tremendous strain on family budgets. They have also im... SUSAN COLLINS When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type... DOUG COLLINS I might be in an airport, late or angry with a ticket person, and I'm going to sort of check mys... STEPHEN COLLINS Natural Texas politicians make terrible, terrible presidential candidates. Phil Gramm, I remember th... GAIL COLLINS Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying. SUZANNE COLLINS Remember?" he asks. "This is where you kissed me." So the heavy dose of morphling administered... SUZANNE COLLINS The Bushes were certainly part of Texas in their mind, but they didn't have the kind of politica... GAIL COLLINS I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, w... JOAN COLLINS Certainly Nancy Reagan had an extraordinary effect on her husband. I'm truly not sure that, say,... GAIL COLLINS It's been fascinating working on a set in New York. Just to be in the thick of it is really inte... JESSICA COLLINS I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written. JUDY COLLINS I'll listen to anything authentic whether it's bluegrass or gospel or blues. BILLY COLLINS Both the 'Gregor' series and 'The Hunger Games' are what I call lightning-bolt ideas... SUZANNE COLLINS I have a stack of those plastic card hotel room keys that I picked up on this latest book tour. It... BILLY COLLINS Yeah, because what it all boils down to is at the end of the day, we are all riding on the same boat... BOOTSY COLLINS In the 1960s, you had this booming economy, and you didn't really have enough men around to fill... GAIL COLLINS Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in co... SUZANNE COLLINS I was actually the one who decided to move to LA. Mom and I were driving on Sunset Boulevard during ... LILY COLLINS If there's a more helpless feeling than trying to reach someone you love who's trapped underground, ... SUZANNE COLLINS When I finish dressing before a night out and have put on all the accessories, I usually look at mys... JOAN COLLINS We were brash young fellows'. I was always hanging with the older crowd anyway. The musicians we... BOOTSY COLLINS I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando w... JOAN COLLINS My mind is changing all the time. I can't live in a space that has a fixed aesthetic. I just nee... PETRA COLLINS How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! WILLIAM COLLINS Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part,
Nature in him was almost lost in art. WILLIAM COLLINS And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair. WILLIAM COLLINS To look into that persons eyes and find yourself so completely lost in another world, a world full o... LILY COLLINS The dull people decided years and years ago, as everyone knows, that novel-writing was the lowest sp... WILKIE COLLINS We are liberated by the examples of the brave, the talented, and the successful if we allow ourselve... TERESA COLLINS I'm going to wake Peeta," I say. "No, wait," says Finnick. "Let's do it together. Put our faces... SUZANNE COLLINS I turn and put my lips close to Peeta's and drop my eyelids in imitation... "He offered me sugar and... SUZANNE COLLINS I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you. SUZANNE COLLINS I pull an arrow, whip the notch into place, and am about to let it fly when I'm stopped by the sight... SUZANNE COLLINS That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish. SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss," Gale says softly. I recognize that voice. It's the same one he uses to approach wound... SUZANNE COLLINS Look, if you wanted to be babied you should have asked Peeta. SUZANNE COLLINS The idea of being strong for someone else having never entered their heads, I find myself in the pos... SUZANNE COLLINS Tick, tock. SUZANNE COLLINS It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down. SUZANNE COLLINS I'm so sorry," I whisper. I lean forward and kiss him. His eyelashes flutter and he looks at me... SUZANNE COLLINS So that's who Finnick loves, I think. Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. But a poor, mad... SUZANNE COLLINS I guess this is a bad time to mention I hung a dummy and painted Seneca Crane's name on it... SUZANNE COLLINS We star-crossed lovers of District 12, who suffered so much and enjoyed so little the rewards of our... SUZANNE COLLINS Aim higher in case you fall short. SUZANNE COLLINS So I only say, "So what should we do with our last few days?" "I just want to spend every... SUZANNE COLLINS I really can't think about kissing when I've got a rebellion to incite. SUZANNE COLLINS I don't want you forgetting how different our circumstaces are. If you die, and I live, there's no l... SUZANNE COLLINS The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. ... SUZANNE COLLINS I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself. SUZANNE COLLINS So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans. SUZANNE COLLINS My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here. SUZANNE COLLINS You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him. SUZANNE COLLINS I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever. SUZANNE COLLINS Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it. SUZANNE COLLINS You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope. SUZANNE COLLINS Knowing it and seeing it are two different things. SUZANNE COLLINS Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for th... SUZANNE COLLINS And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anywa... SUZANNE COLLINS One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Alrea... SUZANNE COLLINS My spirit. This is a new thought. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I'm a fighter.... SUZANNE COLLINS And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness... SUZANNE COLLINS I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun. SUZANNE COLLINS I knew you'd kiss me." "How?" I say. Because I didn't know myself. "Because I am in pain,... SUZANNE COLLINS I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence o... SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss. I remember about the bread. SUZANNE COLLINS Delly lost her temper at Peeta over how he treated you. She got very squeaky. It was like someone st... SUZANNE COLLINS Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable. SUZANNE COLLINS At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thi... SUZANNE COLLINS Fire beats roses again. SUZANNE COLLINS In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too. SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta,” I say lightly. “You said at the interview you’d had a crush on me forever. When did fo... SUZANNE COLLINS You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it m... SUZANNE COLLINS I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. SUZANNE COLLINS You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control. Now, I'm not saying you s... SUZANNE COLLINS I had to do that. At least once. SUZANNE COLLINS No problem," Gale replies. "I wake up ten times a night anyway." "To make sure Katniss is still... SUZANNE COLLINS Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don't want to miss any of... SUZANNE COLLINS All those months of taking it for granted that Peeta thought I was wonderful are over. Finally, he c... SUZANNE COLLINS Stay with me. Always. SUZANNE COLLINS I'll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pl... SUZANNE COLLINS I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm j... SUZANNE COLLINS No. Now, shut up and eat your pears. SUZANNE COLLINS You have a... remarkable memory." "I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't p... SUZANNE COLLINS Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. I can't help enjoying his distr... SUZANNE COLLINS I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me. SUZANNE COLLINS Deep in the meadow, hidden far away A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray Forget your woes and... SUZANNE COLLINS What about Gale?" "He's not a bad kisser either," I say shortly. "And it was okay with bo... SUZANNE COLLINS Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart. SUZANNE COLLINS There's a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to y... SUZANNE COLLINS But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a... SUZANNE COLLINS At a few minutes before four, Peeta turns to me again. "Your favorite colour . . . it's green?" SUZANNE COLLINS She's not here," I tell him. Buttercup hisses again. "She's not here. You can hiss all you like. You... SUZANNE COLLINS I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink i... SUZANNE COLLINS They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you. SUZANNE COLLINS That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire ... SUZANNE COLLINS Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness. SUZANNE COLLINS I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have. SUZANNE COLLINS I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking. SUZANNE COLLINS Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Es... SUZANNE COLLINS Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Stra... SUZANNE COLLINS Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt... SUZANNE COLLINS I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dial... SUZANNE COLLINS There are much worse games to play. SUZANNE COLLINS Some walks you have to take alone. SUZANNE COLLINS You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in y... SUZANNE COLLINS I must have loved you a lot. SUZANNE COLLINS Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us! SUZANNE COLLINS What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruct... SUZANNE COLLINS You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers. "Real," I answer. "Because t... SUZANNE COLLINS It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart. SUZANNE COLLINS The anguish I always feel when she's in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my fa... SUZANNE COLLINS For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first. SUZANNE COLLINS You here to finish me off, Sweetheart? SUZANNE COLLINS I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are... SUZANNE COLLINS Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the ... SUZANNE COLLINS And I said, 'A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could've had you?' And he said, 'Bec... SUZANNE COLLINS I'm not prepared for Rue's family. Her parents, whose faces are still fresh with sorrow. Her fiver y... SUZANNE COLLINS Agreed," I say. "It's going to be a long hour." "Maybe not that long," says Peeta." what was th... SUZANNE COLLINS Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear. SUZANNE COLLINS Why don't I just pretend I'm on camera, Plutarch?" I say. "Yes! Perfect. One is always much bra... SUZANNE COLLINS You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me. SUZANNE COLLINS Still, I hate them. But, of course, I hate almost everybody now. Myself more than anyone. SUZANNE COLLINS It's meant to be pretty," whispers Octavia, and I can see the tears threatening to spill over her la... SUZANNE COLLINS While I was waiting...I ate your lunch. SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss: I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off. Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final def... SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss: I’m coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home. P... SUZANNE COLLINS Yeah, about that,” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that a... 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... SUZANNE COLLINS I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best." Well, there's no good resp... SUZANNE COLLINS Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say. "It must b... SUZANNE COLLINS Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?" I ask. "No." A long time passes before he adds, "She crept ... SUZANNE COLLINS I don't know what it is with Finnick and bread, but he seems obsessed with handling it. SUZANNE COLLINS Do you find this...distracting? SUZANNE COLLINS Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you nee... SUZANNE COLLINS Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice. SUZANNE COLLINS And if we burn, you burn with us. SUZANNE COLLINS My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody. WILKIE COLLINS Destroying things is much easier than making them. SUZANNE COLLINS Even if times got bad, he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be ha... SUZANNE COLLINS If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it. SUZANNE COLLINS And don't you let your guard down for a second because you think anything's inevitable. SUZANNE COLLINS Hope,” said Vikus. “There are times it will be very hard to find. Times when it will be much eas... SUZANNE COLLINS