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I begin to fully understand the lengths to which people have gone to protect me. What I mean to the rebels. My on going struggle against the Capitol, which has so often felt like a solitary journey, has not been undertaken alone. I have had thousands upon thousands of people from the districts at my side. I was their Mockingjay long before I accepted the role.

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Struggle, Mean, Journey

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.90, Scholastic Inc.

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I wonder if Effie will still be wearing that silly pink wig, or is she'll be sporting some other unnatural color especially for the Victor Tour.

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Silly, Color, Wigs

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.3, Scholastic Inc.

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I’m in a shallow hole, not filled with the humming orange bubbles of my hallucination but with old, dead leaves.

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Orange, Hallucinations, Shallow

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.262, Scholastic Inc.

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Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword, you will never discover that.

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Fighting, Firsts, Instinct

Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.492, Scholastic Inc.

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How did Rue end up on that stage with nothing but the wind offering to take her place?

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Offering, Wind, Rue

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.56, Scholastic Inc.

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Remember, heads high. Smiles. They're going to love you!

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Love You, Remember, Cinna

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

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I walk around the room eating goose liver and puffy bread until there's a knock on the door. Effie's calling me to dinner. Good. I'm starving.

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Doors, Calling, Dinner

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.70, Scholastic Inc.

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My words hang in the air. I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through the crowd. Instead I watch myself get shot on television.

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Air, Watches, Looks

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.217, Scholastic Inc.

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Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you need to do is show up and pretend to be happy for them." "That's one of the few things I won't have to pretend, Plutarch," I tell him.

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Katniss, Needs, Annie

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.224, Scholastic Inc.

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

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Morning, I Hate You, Katniss

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

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I'm so tired, Katniss.

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Tired, Katniss, Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1387, Scholastic Inc.

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Well you are a piece of work aren't you?

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Kissing Him, Pieces, Wells

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.232, Scholastic Inc.

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Every day when I wake I tell myself that it will be my last. If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it... And then, if you make it to bedtime, you feel the joy of cheating death out of one more day.

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Cheating, Joy, Trying

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

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In really bad times, the hungriest would gather at his door at nightfall, vying for the chance to earn a few coins to feed their families by selling their bodies. Had I been older when my father died, I might have been among them. Instead I learned to hunt.

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Father, Doors, Coins

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.635, Scholastic Inc.

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And while I was talking, the idea of actually losing Peeta hit me again and I realized how much I don't want him to die. And it's not about the sponsors. And it's not about what will happen when we get home. And it's not just that I don't want to be alone. It's him. I do not want to lose the boy with the bread.

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Home, Boys, Talking

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

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You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control.

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Peeta

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1321, Scholastic Inc.

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His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel.

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Dad, Cavemen, Genius

Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.84, Scholastic Inc.

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What have the nibblers ever done for you?" The breeze ruffled her hair, pushing it back from her face, giving him a clear shot of her eyes. They were asking for an answer. Needing to know if she could count on him. "They saved your life," he said. And for just a moment, Luxa's face softened and she smiled.

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Eye, Hair, Giving

Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.714, Scholastic Inc.

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Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.

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Katniss, Protect, Mockingjay Book

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.302, Scholastic Inc.

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My death could, in fact, save him. If it can't, no matter. It's enough to die of spite. To punish Haymitch, who, of all the people in this rotting world, has turned Peeta and me into pieces in his Games. I trusted him. I put what was precious in Haymitch's hands. And he has betrayed me.

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Hands, Games, People

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

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One slip. One slip in thousands. The odds had been entirely in her favor. But it hadn't mattered.

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Odds, Favors, Slips

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, 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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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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One time, my mother told me that I always eat like I'll never see food again. And I said, "I won't unless I bring it home." That shut her up.

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Mother, Home, Said

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.77, Scholastic Inc.

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Jackson has devised a game called "Real or Not Real" to help Peeta. He mentions something he thinks happened, and they tell him if it's true or imagined, usually followed by a brief explanation.

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Real, Thinking, Games

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.272, Scholastic Inc.

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