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. "See? He's already demonstrated good judgment.
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Related My brother went to New Orleans when he was 19, ... Hes 72 now. BARBARA UPTON Every time hes supposed to be here, hes showed up, BRENDA JONES God is always on time, it may not be the time you are expecting, but hes on time. Just like he said ... ARTHLENE LAUDAT LAWRENCE Hes ready to go every morning. He runs right over to the cruiser, PETER GOULD He couldn’t, Haymitch. He never heard me sing that song.” “Not you. Your father. He heard him ... SUZANNE COLLINS Hes the smartest dog Ive ever had, PETER GOULD Hes doing better than what we thought. JAMIE KING [Senior Rob Hudson sustained his good form with a 3-under par 33 to earn medalist honors for the var... ALEX ADAMS No one will remember the kick in the balls if hes bleeding everywhere... NATHAN ELMO MELO My father is openly gay. He really loved my mother, but their marriage fell apart. When they separat... BEN CURTIS Here's some advice. Stay alive," says Haymitch, and then bursts out laughing. I exchange a look with... SUZANNE COLLINS I thought he wanted it, anyway," I say. "Not like this," Haymitch says. "He wanted it to be re... SUZANNE COLLINS All right, so give me some idea of what you can do," says Haymitch. I can’t do anything... SUZANNE COLLINS Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling. VICTORIA AVEYARD His noise is getting quieter, but I can still see it there still- See how he feels the skin of ... PATRICK NESS Jenny, she's aw weet, peer body,
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In... MISS SUSANNA BLAMIRE AND MISS CATHERINE GILPIN 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 he says. ''It was one of those ponds that are stocked with fish. He told me not to bring any live ba... TED WILLIAMS It's weird, how much he's noticed me... And apparently, I have not been as oblivious to him as I ima... SUZANNE COLLINS El Distrito 12, donde puedes morirte de hambre sin poner en peligro tu seguridad. SUZANNE COLLINS A furious Peeta hammers Haymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch... SUZANNE COLLINS He was not all a father's heart could wish;/ But oh, he was my son! my only son. JOANNA BAILLIE That kid is going to be good; he reminds me of Rocket. He's young, but that fastball, it's late. I d... JASON GIAMBI Fine.” He smirks at me. “Nice to meet you, Carrots,” he says, looking directly at my hair. “... CYNTHIA HAND A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but hes not a man of action... GEORGES CLEMENCEAU Used it on me one time on a drag route and I lost him. Had to grab him and pull him back. Good thing... DARREN WOODSON (Dear kirk hammet, what kind of vegitarian are you? a lactose vegitarian, a ovum vegitarian, or a ve... JAMES HETFIELD Although I cannot see your face As you flip these poems awhile, Somewhere from some far-of... SHEL SILVERSTEIN It was good to see Pac on the field. It looked to me he made some plays. I don't know about the [pen... JEFF FISHER In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too. SUZANNE COLLINS Oh, hello," Dr. M says, shaking Balder's hand. "Wonderful costume. I'm a bit of a role player myself... LIBBA BRAY Harry Collins was the first magician I ever saw back in 1965 when I was five years old. He was doing... LANCE BURTON Later, holding Milo’s hand in the dark, Jacob felt that it was only in recovering it that he learn... CALEB CRAIN Be prepared,' that's my motto." He smiled smugly at me. "That, and 'Sleep whenever possible.' Oh, an... KIERSTEN WHITE 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON I have seen a stunning amount of death and destruction. Creation yes, but more death than birth. Man... S.C. PARRIS You are brave and loyal and true. You have such a good heart." He held my hand close to his chest an... JULIANNE DONALDSON ,the rest of the girls pretended not to notice. That's just what best friends do. SARA SHEPARD Certos passos você tem de dar sozinho. 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 It's hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots." - Katniss. SUZANNE COLLINS Not exactly. You see, Portia and I think that the coal miner thing's very overdone. No one will reme... SUZANNE COLLINS I'm hard to catch. If they can't catch me they cant kill me. So don't count me out. SUZANNE COLLINS Eu vou ser o Tordo. SUZANNE COLLINS Desearia poder encontrar una forma de...de demostrarle al Capitolio que no les pertenezco, que soy a... SUZANNE COLLINS Kent was the only one to notice the mistake. He could have just kept quiet since he had already sign... LINDA FAILES It was great to finally get it, because I heard most of the guys already got it who were on other te... ANDRE ROY At the appropriate time, Elvis' pink Cadillac arrived on the football field and made a slow trip in ... EVELYN RODRIGUEZ Казвам се Катнис Евърдийн. Защо не съм мъртва? Би трябв�... Сюзан Колинс Оказва се, че въпросът, който ме разяжда от толкова вре�... Сюзан Колинс If he wants me broken, then I will have to be whole. SUZANNE COLLINS Basing my conclusions on experience I am absolutely convinced not only of survival but of demonstrat... OLIVER JOSEPH LODGE Mel has taken on the role of Gator. He'll volunteer stuff, but he knows that's not his job. Last yea... JOE TORRE I had good stuff, ... I was staying on top of the ball because I could not bend down. It was a bless... BARTOLO COLON So that's it?" Kenji says. "You just like him for his personality, huh?" "What?" TAHEREH MAFI It looked like [Meyers] could maneuver anywhere but the top and my car was good on the top and botto... DANNY LASOSKI Not only is he good on grass, but you put him on turf, and he's even better, because he was making g... DREW BREES God has not been trying an experiment on my faith or love in order to find out their quality. He kne... C.S. LEWIS Do you know what I see in you now? The usual aura. A steady golden yellow, healthy and strong, with ... RICHELLE MEAD I think the only thing that could fix it is less emphasis on the test. It's a good judgment of knowl... DAN COWHEY The craziest thing I did to get a guy to notice me was going out with his best friend. It worked - h... JENNIE GARTH Why did you marry Dad, Mom?" My mother sniffled through her nose, looked at me, then smiled. <... MARGARET MCMULLAN Suzanne Collins, it was such a big thing for me to make the handshake with her and to say, 'You ... NINA JACOBSON It was like I'd climbed Everest, had the summit in my sight, the flag in my hand, all ready to pierc... HOLLY BOURNE I was waving but she had already turned the corner (at second). BILL MCCHESNEY Harper Collins gave me a letter of intent saying that they want me to pen down my autobiography. Whe... ANUPAM KHER And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: / Of s... BIBLE When he called me that night, he told me it was much more dramatic that I wasn't there. It was just ... FRAN THEOS (Elliott) demonstrated tonight how he got those numbers early in the season. It was nice to see that... MIKE EAVES It surprises me that we're number one. I'm not as surprised to see us in the top ten, but I see peop... JEFF WEBER Falco wagged her journal in front of her. "This is yours, I presume." A slow smile spread across his... FIONA PAUL Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning. I was much further out than you thought, a... STEVIE SMITH It was a sluggish response, almost a White House in slow motion. Americans expect not only to see th... DAVID GERGEN We have demonstrated that we were able to decide at very short notice. We do not know a lot about Ri... CLAUDE MANDIL I squeezed my eyes shut and took several deep breaths, trying not to smell Jace in front of me, not ... RACHEL VINCENT They didn't recognize me," I repeat. He stops in turn, my hand still on his arm. "It is be... MURIEL BARBERY Hes learned to never trust anyone with his heart. People lie, cheat, hurt, steal, and play. He cant ... ZACH MOUNCE The hatred that vibrated beneath the surface of my girl's face-- I think Suzanne recognized it. Of c... EMMA CLINE ...There are bad novels and good novels, as there are bad pictures and good pictures; but that is th... HENRY JAMES They hand you the mirror right away when you sit up and of course you're head is wrapped so it's a l... DONNA SCHILLINGER Sam came around the side of the car and stopped dead when he saw me. “Oh my God, what is THAT?” ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I know we promised Haymitch, we'd do exactly what they said, but I don't think he considered this an... SUZANNE COLLINS Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109 I hear men praying eve... PHILLIPS BROOKS I'd have to see it on replay, but all I was trying to do was get to the front of the net and establi... KEVYN ADAMS To find that things are never what they seem no matter what way you look at it is an eye opener inde... GARY F EVANS... I don't think there is a publisher association on the planet who says, 'Oh, this is a good idea,' ..... PATRICIA SCHROEDER Arthur Hamlin was running ball around the end. One of my teammates tripped. He was trying to keep fr... CLAUDE HUNTER When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that... LANCE BURTON I knew he was a skinny dude, so I wanted to use my body to my advantage and not let him get in the a... DEREK DENNIS She crept up on me. SUZANNE COLLINS I'm more than just a piece in their Games. SUZANNE COLLINS That was a neat trick he did there, where he pretended he was going to drop his stick. It was all I ... MATHIEU SCHNEIDER He fell on top of me, so I pretended to be dead. That's how I survived -- that's how I survived that... GRACE MUKASEKURU He was not brought to judgment, but he was brought to justice. He did not die in a hail of bullets i... EDGAR CHEN He had that (machine gun) straight up in the air. All of the ammunition was gone, but he was shoutin... CHRISTOPHER HARAME [It is way too early, says McColgan, to be critical of Dave Collins, the former professor of physica... LIZ MCCOLGAN Human judgment of human actions is true and void , that is to say, first true and then void.... The ... FRANZ KAFKA But he was on top of his game tonight and he will only get better. PATRICK SHARP
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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 He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospit... 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