#everdeen

I remember everything about you," says Peeta, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear. "You're the one who wasn't paying attention. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-everdeen #peeta-mellark #attention

And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-everdeen #love #peeta-mellark #smile #suzanne-collins

Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say. “I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror,” he says. “You should wake me,” I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down. “It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,” he says. “I'm okay once I realize you're here. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-and-peeta #katniss-everdeen #love #peeta-mellark #romance

Clove!" Cato's voice is much nearer now. I can tell by the pain in it that he sees her on the ground. "You better run now, Fire Girl," says Thresh. I don't need to be told twice. I flip over and my feet dig into the hard-packed earth as I run away from Thresh and Clove and the sound of Cato's voice. Only when I reach the woods do I turn back for an instant. Thresh and both large backpacks are vanishing over the edge of the plain into the area I've never seen. Cato kneels beside Clove, spear in hand, begging her to stay with him. In a moment, he will realize it's futile, she can't be saved. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#cato #clove #hunger-games #katniss-everdeen #thresh

Of course you are. The tributes were necessary to the Games, too. Until they weren't," I say. "And then we were very disposable - right, Plutarch? ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#mockingjay #the-hunger-games #katniss

What happens when we get back? I don't know. I guess we try and forget. I don't want to forget. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#peeta-mellark #katniss

As far as I can tell, they never get up before noon unless there's some sort of national emergency, like my leg hair. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss

If it's true, why do they leave us to live like this? With the hunger and the killings and the Games?" And suddenly I hate this imaginary underground city of District 13 and those who sit by, watching us die. They're no better than the Capitol. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss

I don’t know what the explosion did, but it damaged something deep and irreparable. Never mind. If I get home, I’ll be so stinking rich, I’ll be able to pay someone to do my hearing. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-everdeen #katniss

It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#love