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ANDREA GIBSON Aiden had slipped under my skin, wrapped himself around my heart and embedded himself into my bones. JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Toilet paper unrolled and slithered then wrapped around my tummy. That paper tried to roll... MELINDA K. TROTTER I walk around engrossed in my stories and worlds, and I love losing myself in them! SAMUEL COLBRAN I tend not to wear accessories. I'm not one of those gals with a drawerful of amazing jewelry. I... RACHAEL TAYLOR If I had my way we'd sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS I wrapped my arms around my knees and stared through the window's wavy glass. The red velvet curtain... ALLY CARTER I have a necklace around my neck that my lady gave me, so I try never to leave home without that. CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY I used to try to pick locks because I grew up on my grandparents' farm and I started my own litt... ODETTE ANNABLE He pulled my wrist behind my back and he was pulling me up, ... He bent my wrist back and I heard it... GARY JOHNSON The heat rose up my neck, wrapped fingers over my face. His hair fell around me, and I could smell n... MADELINE MILLER My light shines with vibrational power. I am in tune with myself and Mother Earth. I love myself and... DEBBIE A. ANDERSON I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my o... DARIUS OGDEN MILLS I have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of ho... ALAN LEWIS Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable. SUZANNE COLLINS We have to joke about it because the alternative is to be scared SUZANNE COLLINS My name is Olivia King I am five years old. My mother bought me a balloon. I r... COLLEEN HOOVER Amy! My God! My God! My darling!' and buried my face in her neck, my arms wrapped tight around her, ... GILLIAN FLYNN He tastes of white wine and apple pie and Christian. 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And there it... ARUNDHATI ROY I had the video camera in my hand and I was driving in my car. I was playing around with the camera ... KRIS FROSTAD I can't distract myself enough here, for sketches to a new opera are constantly buzzing around i... RICHARD WAGNER I situate myself, and seat myself, And where you recline I shall recline, For every armcha... HENRY N. BEARD Around the holidays, or anytime I'm going on vacation, I try to bump up my cardio or lose a poun... STACY KEIBLER Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?" -Morrie MITCH ALBOM So, I have my own horse and two ponies. I grew up around horses, and that really is my passion. KATE UPTON I design my start-up ventures around my own personal beliefs and values. CINDY GALLOP I think it is entirely my prerogative. I am within my rights to try to gild the lily and sprinkle a ... MR GORDON I want to make sure I continue to make good music that my mom and everybody around me can be proud o... RUBEN STUDDARD I bought seeds for the garden and had great success with it, going around to all the houses in my vi... INGVAR KAMPRAD I value kindness in myself and others. I try to remain super-vigilant about my targets and make extr... DAVID RAKOFF I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally - I look through the scope, ge... CHRIS KYLE For 'A Little Night Music,' I did try to get little bit more beefed up for that because I th... AARON LAZAR I'm very good in math, and I'm a logical thinker. I don't get wrapped up in things or ev... ALAN C. GREENBERG According to my sister, the expert novelist Jackie Collins, most men stray. And sex doesn't mean any... JOAN COLLINS I had another forward up with me I got a lucky first touch, got around the defender and tried to sli... ERIN SULLIVAN My body believes a famine is imminent and has begun stocking up on provisions. These supplies are be... W. BRUCE CAMERON Try reducing me to dust. 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ACTION BRONSON While I circled around and around in my brown rental skates, I studied a group of skaters spinning i... GRACIE GOLD I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happ... JACK MA I spoke to my sport psychologist this morning and he told me to allow myself to win and to allow mys... ASHLEY PRANGE Lada had a sense for power--the fine threads that connected everyone around her, the way those threa... KIERSTEN WHITE We had a wall set up and I just went around my linemen and scored. I put my head down and went in. JUSTIN BROUSE I grew up around the Luxembourg Gardens, so I guess that is my best memory. EMMANUELLE SEIGNER When I'm filming, I try to get a facial two weeks before I start shooting and then again once I&... CHELAN SIMMONS I want to travel around the country and make my living playing music. I also try to behave in a way ... BUZZ OSBORNE I try to make a point of saying to myself, 'Well listen, it's out of the way. Now you don't have to ... JUSTIN ROSE I'm the laziest person - that's my normal self. When I'm hanging around my house, I lite... SUKI WATERHOUSE I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, ... MICHAEL DOUGLAS I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer be... JAMES JOYCE I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer be... JAMES JOYCE I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible; and if i don't succeed i considerit my... DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH I just thank God that I'm out of Washington and looking forward to getting here and turning things a... KWAME BROWN I have titles floating around in my head; I have sculptures floating around in my head. It's like a ... DAMIEN HIRST I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home. DAR WILLIAMS I never used a needle in my life. 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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