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• I try to forgive her for my father's sake. But to be honest, I'm not the forgiving type.

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  Father, Forgiving, Trying

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.10, Scholastic Inc.

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• I have two older sisters and one older brother and hold them largely responsible for the trouble I got into growing up. I believe as the youngest child, that is my right.

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  Brother, Children, Growing Up

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “The Underland Chronicles #1: Gregor the Overlander”, p.316, Scholastic Inc.

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• And don't you let your guard down for a second because you think anything's inevitable.

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  Thinking, Inevitable

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “The Underland Chronicles #5: Gregor and the Code of Claw”, p.334, Scholastic Inc.

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• The raw hunk of meat that used to be my enemy makes a sound, and I know where the mouth is. And I think the word he's trying to say is 'please'. Pity, not vengeance sends my arrow flying into his skull.

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  Thinking, Skulls, Arrows

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.443, Scholastic Inc.

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• But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me. "Katniss, there is no District Twelve."

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  Katniss, Catching Fire, Secret

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

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• My mother says healers are born, not made.

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  Mother, Born, Made

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.128, Scholastic UK

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• Charred bits of black silk swirl into the air, and pearls clatter to the stage… I’m in a dress of the exact design of my wedding dress, only it’s the color of coal and made of tiny feathers. Wonderingly, I lift my long, flowing sleeves into the air, and that’s when I see myself on the television screen. Clothed in black except for the white patches on my sleeves. Or should I say my wings. Because Cinna had turned me into a mockingjay.

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  Air, Color, Wings

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• I'm trying to think of a witty comeback, when Boggs says brusquely, “Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.” I decide to go ahead and like Boggs.

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  Witty, Thinking, Trying

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

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• I cover my face with my arms because this isn't happening. It isn't possible. For someone to make Peeta forget he loves me . . . no one can do that.

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  Arms, Faces, Forget

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.181, Scholastic Inc.

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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.

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  Reality, Doctors, Cells

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

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• I poke around in the pile, about to settle on some cod chowder, when Peeta holds out a can to me. “Here.” I take it, not knowing what to expect. The label reads LAMB STEW.

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  Knowing, Labels, Lambs

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.293, Scholastic Inc.

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• "Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss." "What?" I ask. "The time it sticks. Maybe we are witnessing the evolution of the human race. Think about that." And then he asks me if I'd like to perform on a new singing program he's launching in a few weeks. Something upbeat would be good. He'll send the crew to my house.

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  Thinking, Katniss, Race

  "Mockingjay". Book by Suzanne Collins, August 24, 2010.

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• But between the images, we are privy to the real-life action being played out on the set. Peeta's attempt to continue speaking. The camera knocked down to record the white tiled floor. The scuffle of boots. The impact of the blow that's inseparable from Peeta's cry of pain. And his blood as it splatters the tiles.

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  Pain, Real, Blow

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1159, Scholastic Inc.

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• I also want to tell him how much I already miss him. But that wouldn't be fair on my part.

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  Missing, Want, Fairs

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.35, Scholastic Inc.

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• "Katniss?" He drops my hand and I take a step, as if to catch my balance. "It was all for the Games," Peeta says. "How you acted." "Not all of it," I say, tightly holding onto my flowers. "Then how much? No, forget that. I guess the real question is what's going to be left when we get home?" he says. "I don't know. The closer we get to District Twelve, the more confused I get," I say. He waits, for further explanation, but none's forthcoming. "Well, let me know when you work it out," he says, and the pain in his voice is palpable.

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  Pain, Confused, Real

  "The Hunger Games". Book by Suzanne Collins, September 14, 2008.

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• It's your own fault for being so camera-ready," I tell Gale. If looks could kill.

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  Faults, Gale, Cameras

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• Caesar Flickerman asks if the president has a date in mind. "Oh, before we set a date, we better clear it with Katniss's mother," says the president. The audience gives a big laugh and the president puts his arm around me. "Maybe if the whole country puts its mind to it, we can get you married before you're thirty." "You'll probably have to pass a new law," I say with a giggle. "If that's what it takes," says the president with conspiratorial good humor. Oh, the fun we two have together.

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  Mother, Country, Fun

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.76, Scholastic Inc.

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• But it's Posy, Gale's five-year-old sister, who helps the most. She scoots along the bench to Octavia and touches her skin with a tentative finger. “You're green. Are you sick?” “It's a fashion thing, Posy. Like wearing lipstick,” I say. “It's meant to be pretty,” whispers Octavia, and I can see the tears threatening to spill over her lashes. Posy considers this and says matter-of-factly, “I think you'd be pretty in any color.

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  Fashion, Thinking, Color

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• Peeta rinses the pearl off in the water and hands it to me. “For you.” I hold it out on my palm and examine its iridescent surface in the sunlight. Yes, I will keep it. For the few remaining hours of my life I will keep it close. This last gift from Peeta. The only one I can really accept. Perhaps it will give me strength in the final moments.

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  Hands, Giving, Water

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.365, Scholastic Inc.

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• Not like this. He wanted it to be real.

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  Love, Real, Wanted

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• Just remember, stealing's punishable by death

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  Remember, Stealing

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.82, Scholastic UK

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• Beauty that arose out of pain.

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  Pain, Pressured

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.504, Scholastic UK

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• Everything is happening too fast for me to process it.

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  Process, Happenings

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.58, Scholastic

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• Dawn comes before sleep does.

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  Sleep, Dawn, Doe

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.46, Scholastic Inc.

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• Maybe I'd think that, too, Caesar," says Petta bitterly, "if it weren't for the baby." There. He's done it again.

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  Baby, Thinking, Done

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