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Whenever I write a story, I hope it appeals to both boys and girls.

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Suzanne Collins
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 10
Executive Producer
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Hartford
Connecticut
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I’ve stopped talking because there’s really nothing left to say and there’s this piercing sort of pain where my heart is. Maybe I’m even having a heart attack, but it doesn’t seem worth mentioning.
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Aim higher in case you fall short.
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Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream. [...] When I fully awaken, I'm momentarily comforted. I try to hold on to the peaceful feeling of the dream, but it quickly slips away, leaving me sadder than ever.
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People deal with me, but they are genuinely fond of Prim. Maybe there will be enough fondness to keep her alive.
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In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too.
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The numbness of his loss had passed, and the pain would hit me out of nowhere, doubling me over, racking my body with sobs. Where are you? I would cry out in my mind. Where have you gone? Of course, there was never any answer.
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I know he was desperate. That makes people do all kinds of crazy things.
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so people really do tear out their hair and beat the ground with their fists
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You’re not leaving me here alone,” I say. Because if he dies, I’ll never go home, not really. I’ll spend the rest of my life in this arena, trying to think my way out.
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You're alive, I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it must look like a grimace. Peeta's alive.
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His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel.
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if he goes and dies on me now, I know I'll go completely insane.
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Maybe the other tributes are out there beating one another senseless. Which would be fine. - Katniss -
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It’s the first time I’ve ever kissed a boy, which should make some sort of impression I guess, but all I can register is how unnaturally hot his lips are from the fever.
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All I can think of is the emaciated bodies of children on our kitchen table as my mother prescribes what the parent's can't give. More food.
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Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun.
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I miss home badly sometimes. But then I remember there's nothing left to miss anymore. I feel safer here.
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So we both strip off our boots and socks and, while there’s some improvement, I could swear he’s making an effort to snap every branch we encounter
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He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’d be happy to lie there gazing at me forever.
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Greeting to the final contestants of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games. The earlier revision has been revoked. Closer examination of the rule book has disclosed that only one winner may be allowed, he says. Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor.
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