Something keeps me moving forward, though. A lifetime of watching the Hunger Games lets me know that certain areas of the arena are rigged for certain attacks. And that if I can just get away from this section, I might be able to move out of reach of the launchers. I might also then fall straight into a pit of vipers, but I can't worry about that now.
Suzanne CollinsOh, well. At least my blood is flowing.
Suzanne CollinsPeople deal with me, but they are genuinely fond of Prim. Maybe there will be enough fondness to keep her alive.
Suzanne CollinsBut a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim’s place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.
Suzanne CollinsTags: young-adult-fiction
There's always hand-to-hand combat. All you need is to come up with a knife, and you'll at least stand a chance. If I get jumped, I'm dead!" I can hear my voice rising in anger.
"But you won't! You'll be living up in some tree eating raw squirrels and picking off people with arrows.
We follow instructions to my destination, a chamber for my preparation.
Suzanne CollinsWhatever the opposite of fine is, that's what I am.
Suzanne CollinsMy guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They're the ones we naturally remember the best, after all.
Suzanne CollinsHere began countless days of hunting and snaring, fishing and gathering, roaming together through the woods, unloading our thoughts while we filled our game bags. This was the doorway to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key.
Suzanne CollinsDistrict 12. Where you can starve to death in safety," I mutter. Then I glance quickly over my shoulder. Even here, in the middle of nowhere, you worry someone might overhear you.
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