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The main thing I feel is a sense of relief. That I can give up this game. That the question of whether I can succeed in this venture has been answered, even if that answer is a resounding no. That if desperate times call for desperate measures, I am free to act as desperately as I want.

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Giving Up, Desperate Measures, Games

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.75, Scholastic Inc.

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Once I'm on my feet I realize escape might not be so easy.

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Feet, Might, Realizing

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But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?" "Yeah, I guess so,” I said, But it’s not true. A mockingbird is just a songbird. A mockingjay is a creature the capitol never intended to exist. They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live.

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Brain, Songbirds, Weapons

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.92, Scholastic Inc.

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Only I keep wishing I could think of a way...to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

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Thinking, Games, Wish

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.137, Scholastic Inc.

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Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.

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Girl, Running, Selfish

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.117, Scholastic Inc.

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They're betting on how long I'll live!' I burst out. 'They're not my friends!

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Long, Betting, My Friends

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.157, Scholastic Inc.

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No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta says.

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Mother, Song, Katniss

Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.301, Scholastic Inc.

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I swear if you cry, I'll kill you here and now.' Cinna just smiles. 'Had a damp morning?' 'You could wring me out.' I reply

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Morning, Just Smile, Cry

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.205, Scholastic Inc.

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I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I yank my head back in confusion to find myself looking into Peeta’s eyes, only now they hold my gaze. Blood runs from the teeth marks on the hand he clamped over my nightlock. “Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t,” he says.

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Running, Rip, Eye

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Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!

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Fire, President Snow, Games

"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1". www.imdb.com. 2014.

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I knew you'd kiss me." "How?" I say. Because I didn't know myself. "Because I am in pain," He say's. "That's the only way I get your attention.

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Pain, Kissing, Attention

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You're not afraid I'll kill you tonight?" "Like I couldn't take you.

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Tonight, Not Afraid

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.239, Scholastic Inc.

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Ladies and gentlemen....." His voice is quiet, but mine rings through the room. "Let the Seventy-sixth Hunger Games begin!

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Games, Voice, Gentleman

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

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I look at Peeta and he gives me a sad smile. I hear Haymitch's voice. "You could do a lot worse." At this moment, it's impossible to imagine how I could do any better. The gift...it is perfect. So when I rise up on my tiptoe to kiss him, it doesn't seem forced at all.

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Kissing, Voice, Giving

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.59, Scholastic Inc.

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I knew it. In this way, Peeta's not hard to predict. While I was wallowing around on the floor of that cellar, thinking only of myself, he was here, thinking of me. Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel.

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Strong, Thinking, Way

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.178, Scholastic Inc.

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They erase my face with a layer of pale makeup and draw my features back out.

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Makeup, Layers, Faces

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.115, Scholastic Inc.

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And then, if you make it to bedtime, you feel the joy of cheating death out of one more day," she said. "Do you see?

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Cheating, Joy, Bedtime

Suzanne Collins (2010). “The Underland Chronicles #1: Gregor the Overlander”, p.231, Scholastic Inc.

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I flee what I can't fight. What can only do me harm.

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Fighting, Harm, I Can

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.343, Scholastic Inc.

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Katniss, I don't think President Snow will kill Peeta. If he does, he won't have any way to hurt you." "So, what do you think they'll do to him?" I ask. "Whatever it takes to break you.

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Hurt, Thinking, President Snow

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Still, I hate them. But, of course, I hate almost everybody now. Myself more than anyone.

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Hate, President Snow, Mockingjay Book

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.8, Scholastic Inc.

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I shift on to my side and find myself looking directly into Gale's eyes. For an instant the world recedes and there is just his flushed face, his pulse visible at his temple, his lips slightly parted as he tries to catch his breath.

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Eye, Trying, Pulse

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.94, Scholastic Inc.

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As we trudge back through the woods, we reach a boulder, and both Gale and I turn our heads in the same direction, like a pair of dogs catching a scent on the wind. Cressida notices and asks what lies that way. We admit, without acknowledging each other, it's our old hunting rendez-vous place. She wants to see it, even after we tell her it's nothing really. Nothing but a place where I was happy, I think.

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Dog, Lying, Thinking

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.127, Scholastic Inc.

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I reach for Prim in the twilight, clamp my hand on her leg and pull myself over to her. Her voice remains steady as she croons to Buttercup. "It's all right, baby, it's all right. We'll be OK down there." My mother wraps her arms around us. I allow myself to feel young for a moment and rest my head on her shoulder.

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Mother, Baby, Twilight

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So, what do you think they'll do to him?" I ask. Prim sounds about a thousand years old when she speaks. "Whatever it takes to break you.

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Thinking, Years, Sound

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1178, Scholastic Inc.

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Today I might lose both of them. I try to imagine a world where both Gale's and Peeta's voices have ceased. Hands stilled. Eyes unblinking. I'm standing over their bodies, having a last look, leaving the room where they lie. But when I open the door to step out into the world, there's only a tremendous void. A pale grey nothingness that is all my future holds.

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Lying, Eye, Doors

Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.637, Scholastic UK

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