# Quote — Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

> So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.

- Author: [Suzanne Collins](https://www.leafyquotes.com/suzanne-collins.md)
- Book: [The Hunger Games](https://www.leafyquotes.com/suzanne-collins/the-hunger-games.md)
- Page: 5
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/suzanne-collins/the-hunger-games/so-i-learned

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> "Then for the next eleven years, I tried to work up the nerve to talk to you.".
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> "Without success," I add.
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> "Without success."

p. 301 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/suzanne-collins/the-hunger-games/then-for-the.md)

> "And may the odds—" He tosses a berry in a high arc toward me.
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> I catch it in my mouth and break the delicate skin with my teeth. The sweet tartness explodes across my tongue. "—be ever in your favor!"

p. 8 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/suzanne-collins/the-hunger-games/and-may-the.md)

> "Come on," says Cato. He thrusts a spear into the hands of the boy from District 3, and they head off in the direction of the fire. The last thing I hear as they enter the woods is Cato saying, "When we find her, I kill her in my own way, and no one interferes."
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> Somehow I don't think he's talking about Rue. She didn't drop a nest of tracker jackers on him.

p. 217 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/suzanne-collins/the-hunger-games/come-on-says.md)