#katniss

Then Octavia drops to her knees, rubs the hem of a skirt against her cheek, and burst into tears. "It's been so long," she gasps, "since I've seen anything pretty. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#gale #hunger-games #katniss #octavia #peeta

Stay with me." As the tendrils of sleep syrup pull me down, I hear him whisper a word back, but I don't quite catch it. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss

I'm on a frosting sailboat, tossed around by blue-green waves, the deck shifting beneath my feet. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss

Katniss, got that spile?" Finnick asks, snapping me back to reality. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#finnick-odair #suzanne-collions #the-hunger-games #trilogy #katniss

I look down from the branch I'm perched on. The Careers look murderous. Now I smile.'How have things been with you?' I ask sweetly. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#cato #clove #glimmer #humor #katniss

In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his immediacy now. As we settle in, he pulls my head down to use his arm as a pillow; the other rests protectively over me even when he goes to sleep. No one has held me like this in such a long time. Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#peeta #the-hunger-games #father

My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss

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

To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-and-peeta #the-hunger-games #connection

ll I can think about, every day, every waking minute since they drew Prim's name at the reaping, is how afraid I am. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-and-gale #prim #reaping #rebellion #rebellion