# Quote — Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

> Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don’t think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But 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.

- 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: 24
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/suzanne-collins/the-hunger-games/then-something-unexpected

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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!"

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> "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)