Finnick Quotes

• Want a sugar cube? [...] They're supposed to be for the horses, but who cares? They've got years to eat sugar, whereas you and I . . . well, if we see something sweet we better grab it quick. [...] You're absolutely terrifying me in that get-up. What happened to the pretty little-girl dresses?

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, Sweet, Horse

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• And suddenly, it's as if there's no one in the world but these two, crashing through space to reach each other. They collide, enfold, lose their balance, and slam against a wall, where they stay. Clinging into one being. Indivisible.

  Suzanne Collins

  Wall, Two, Space

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1208, Scholastic Inc.

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• It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.

  Suzanne Collins

  Life, Fall, I Hate You

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

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• Why? Do you find this" - he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose - "distracting?

  Suzanne Collins

  Finnick Odair

  "Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)". Book by Suzanne Collins, August 24, 2010.

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• I wish she was dead,' he says. 'I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best.

  Suzanne Collins

  Wish, Would Be, Finnick Odair

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.389, Scholastic Inc.

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• It's as if I'm Finnick, watching images of my life flash by. The mast of a boat, a silver parachute, Mags laughing, a pink sky, Beetee's trident, Annie in her wedding dress, waves breaking over rocks. Then its over.

  Suzanne Collins

  Rocks, Sky, Waves Breaking

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1375, Scholastic Inc.

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• Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.

  Suzanne Collins

  Sorry, Heart, Mockingjay Book

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.191, Scholastic

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• I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.

  Suzanne Collins

  Morning, I Hate You, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

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• "What's going on down there, Katniss? Have they all joined hands? Taken a vow of nonviolence? Tossed the weapons in the sea in defiance of the Capitol?" Finnick asks.
  "No," I say.
  "No," Finnick repeats. "Because whatever happened in the past is in the past. And no one in this arena was a victor by chance." He eyes Peeta for a moment. "Except maybe Peeta."

  Suzanne Collins

  Taken, Eye, Past

  "Catching Fire". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2009.

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• I can't argue that Finnick isn't one of the most stunning, sensuous people on the planet. But I can honestly say he's never been attractive to me. Maybe he's too pretty, or maybe he's too easy to get, or maybe it's really that he'd just be too easy to lose.

  Suzanne Collins

  People, Arguing, Easy

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.402, Scholastic UK

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• So that's who Finnick loves, I think. Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. But a poor, mad girl back home.

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, Home, Thinking

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.348, Scholastic Inc.

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• Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?" I ask. "No." A long time passes before he adds, "She crept up on me.

  Suzanne Collins

  Long, Add, Annie

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.174, Scholastic Inc.

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• Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.

  Suzanne Collins

  Funny, Witty, President Snow

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.82, Scholastic Inc.

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• I’m stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta.

  Suzanne Collins

  Kissing, Sight, Catching Fire

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.447, Scholastic UK

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• Johanna glances over at Finnick, to be sure, then turns to me. “How’d you lose Mags?” “In the fog. Finnick had Peeta. I had Mags for a while. Then I couldn’t lift her. Finnick said he couldn’t take them both. She kissed him and walked right into the poison,” I say. “She was Finnick’s mentor, you know,” Johanna says accusingly. “No, I didn’t,” I say. “She was half his family,” she says a few moments later, but there’s less venom behind it.

  Suzanne Collins

  Fog, Mentor, Poison

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.897, Scholastic Inc.

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• Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice. That's how we met, with Finnick offering me sugar. Surrounded by horses and chariots, costumed and painted for the crowds, before we were allies. Before I had any idea what made him tick. The memory actually coaxes a smile out of me. "Here, it improves the taste," he says in his real voice, plunking three cubes into my cup.

  Suzanne Collins

  Horse, Memories, Real

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.158, Scholastic Inc.

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• Despite serious reservations, I had to forgive Finnick for his role in the conspiracy that landed me here. He, at least has some idea of what I'm going through. And it takes too much energy to stay angry with someone who cries so much.

  Suzanne Collins

  Ideas, Forgiving, Energy

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.12, Scholastic Inc.

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• How do you bear it?” Finnick looks at me in disbelief. “I don’t, Katniss! Obviously, I don’t. I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there’s no relief in waking.” “The more you can distract yourself the better, ” he says. “First thing tomorrow, we’ll get you your own rope. Until then take mine.

  Suzanne Collins

  Morning, Katniss, Relief

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• 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 Collins

  Laughing, Guy, Leaving

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.79, Scholastic Inc.

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• Well, I can't leave Mags behind," says Finnick. "She's one of the few people who actually likes me.

  Suzanne Collins

  People, Likes, Mags

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.273, Scholastic Inc.

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• Then, in my most careful handwriting, come all the details it would be a crime to forget. Lady licking Prim's cheek. My father's laugh. Peeta's father with the cookies. The colour of Finnick's eyes. What Cinna could do with a length of silk. Boggs reprogramming the Holo. Rue poised on her toes, arms slightly extended, like a bird about to take flight. On and on. We seal the pages with salt water and promises to live well to make their death count.

  Suzanne Collins

  Father, Eye, Water

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• He puts the chain with the locket around my neck, then rests his hand over the spot where our baby would be. “You’re going to make a great mother, you know,” he says. He kisses me one last time and goes back to Finnick.

  Suzanne Collins

  Mother, Baby, Kissing

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• I'm unaware that my feet are moving to the table until I'm inches from the holograph. My hand reaches in and cups a rapidly blinking green light. Someone joins me, his body tense. Finnick, of course. Because only a victor would see what I see so immediately. The arena. Laced with pods controlled by Gamemakers. Finnick's fingers caress a steady red glow over a doorway. "Ladies and gentlemen..." His voice is quiet, but mine rings through the room. "Let the Seventy-sixth Hunger Games begin!

  Suzanne Collins

  Moving, Voice, Feet

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.251, Scholastic Inc.

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• Want a sugar cube?- Finnick Odair, 

  Suzanne Collins

  Want, Sugar, Cubes

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• Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the Capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams.” Annie, who's on Johanna's other side, does that thing where she covers her ears and exits reality. Finnick shoots Johanna an angry look as his arm encircles Annie. “What? My head doctor says I'm not supposed to censor my thoughts. It's part of my therapy,” replies Johanna.

  Suzanne Collins

  Reality, Doctors, Cells

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.241, Scholastic Inc.

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