Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this" -- he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose -- "distracting?" I laugh. Boggs looks embarrassed and Finnick looks more like the guy I met at the Quarter Quell
Suzanne CollinsI keep hoping that as time passes by, weโll regain the ease between us, but part of me knows itโs futile. Thereโs no going back.
Suzanne CollinsI noticed the plants growing around me. Tall with leaves like arrowheads. Blossoms with three white petals. I knelt down in the water, my fingers digging into the soft mud, and I pulled up handfuls of the roots. Small, bluish tubers that donโt look like much but boiled or baked are as good as any potato. โKatniss,โ I said aloud. Itโs the plant I was named for. And I heard my fatherโs voice joking, โAs long as you can find yourself, youโll never starve.
Suzanne CollinsI'm not prepared for Rue's family. Her parents, whose faces are still fresh with sorrow. Her fiver younger siblings, who resemble her so closely. The slight builds, the luminous brown eyes. They form a flock of small dark birds.
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