I roll my eyes. "So when did I become so special? When they carted me off to the Capitol?" "No, about six months before that. Right after New Year's. We were in the Hob, eating some slop of Greasy Sae's. And Darius was teasing you about trading a rabbit for one of his kisses. And I realized...I minded.
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SUZANNE COLLINS I can only form one clear thought.This is no place for a girl on fire. SUZANNE COLLINS I can hear President Snow's voice in my head. 'On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to th... SUZANNE COLLINS Sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them. SUZANNE COLLINS Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a fi... SUZANNE COLLINS A need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it. SUZANNE COLLINS 'Lord of the Flies' is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenage... SUZANNE COLLINS Even if times got bad, he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be ha... SUZANNE COLLINS Hope,” said Vikus. “There are times it will be very hard to find. Times when it will be much eas... SUZANNE COLLINS Is that why you hate me?" I ask. "Partly," She admits. "Jealousy is certainly involved. I also... SUZANNE COLLINS Look, if you wanted to be babied you should have asked Peeta. SUZANNE COLLINS I'm so sorry," I whisper. I lean forward and kiss him. His eyelashes flutter and he looks at me... 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 Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear. SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss: I’m coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home. P... 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 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 Don't you see, Katniss, this will decide things. One way or the other. By the end of the day, they'l... 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 Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice. SUZANNE COLLINS To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that ga... SUZANNE COLLINS They'll be granted immunity!" I feel myself rising from my chair, my voice full of resonant. "You wi... SUZANNE COLLINS In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his i... 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 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 I’m about to haul my packs into a tree to make camp when a silver parachute floats down and lands ... 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