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The walls of this elevator are made of crystal so that you can watch the people on the ground floor shrink to ants as you shoot up into the air. It's exhilarating and I'm tempted to ask Effie Trinket if we can ride it again, but somehow that seems childish.

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Wall, Air, People

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.68, Scholastic Inc.

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The question is, what are you going to do?" It turns out the question that's been eating away at me has only ever had one possible answer. But it took Peeta's ploy for me to recognize it. What am I going to do? I take a deep breath. My arms rise slightly - as if recalling the black-and-white wings Cinna gave me - then come to rest at my sides. "I'm going to be the Mockingjay.

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Black And White, Wings, Answers

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.31, 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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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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He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television." "Are you and Beetee going?" I ask. "As many young and attractive victors as possible," Haymitch corrects himself. "So, no. We'll be here.

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Thinking, Cameras, Television

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1305, Scholastic Inc.

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She must have really loved him to leave her home for the Seam. I try to remember that when all I can see is the woman who sat by, blank and unreachable, while her children turned to skin and bones. I try to forgive her for my father's sake. But to be honest, I'm not the forgiving type.

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Children, Father, Home

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

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I wonder how she'll make up her mind." "Oh, that I do know." I can just catch Gale's last words through the layer of fur. "Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.

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Thinking, Katniss, Mind

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.329, Scholastic Inc.

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I notice her blouse has pulled out of her skirt in the back again and force myself to stay calm. "Tuck your tail in, little duck," I say, smoothing the blouse back in place. Prim giggles and give me a small "Quack." "Quack yourself," I say with a light laugh. The kind only Prim can draw out of me.

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Light, Ducks, Giving

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.17, Scholastic Inc.

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So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.

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Tongue, Mask, District 12

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.8, Scholastic Inc.

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It's a long shot, it's suicide maybe, but I do the only thing I can think of. I lean in and kiss Peeta full on the mouth. His whole body starts shuddering, but I keep my lips pressed to his until I have to come up for air. My hands slide up his wrists to clasp his. "Don't let him take you from me." Peeta's panting hard as he fights the nightmares raging his head. "No. I don't want to. . ." I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dilate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs.

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Suicide, Pain, Kissing

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.314, Scholastic Inc.

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The star-crossed lovers

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Stars, Lovers, Star Crossed Lovers

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.73, Scholastic

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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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Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own death. How do you side step that?

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Mean, Katniss, Survival

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.

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But there's food if you know how to find it. My father knew and he taught me some before he was blown to bits in a mine explosion. There was nothing even to bury. I was eleven then. Five years later, I still wake up screaming for him to run.

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Running, Father, Years

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.7, Scholastic Inc.

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Instead of satisfying me, the kisses have the opposite effect, of make my need greater. I thought I was something of an expert on hunger, but this is an entirely new kind.

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Kissing, Opposites, Needs

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You can tell by the way the girls whisper about him when he walks by in school that they want him. It makes me jealous but not for the reason people would think. Good hunting partners are hard to find.

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Girl, Jealous, School

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.12, 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.

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Father, Eye, Water

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I wrap my arms around his neck, feel his arms hesitate before they embrace me. Not as steady as they once were, but still warm and strong. A thousand moments surge through me. All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone for ever.

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Sweet, Strong, Memories

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.338, Scholastic Inc.

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Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. And a a lot of people do, out of relief that their children have been spared for another year. But at least two families will pull their shutters, lock their doors, and try to figure out how they will survive the painful weeks to come.

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Children, Doors, Years

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.12, Scholastic Inc.

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I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she's a survivor, and I trust her, and why not admit it? She reminds me of Prim.

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Children, Team, Survivor

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.268, Scholastic Inc.

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She's really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail.

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Girl, Ducks, Tails

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.33, Scholastic Inc.

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Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

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Katniss, Hunger Games Book, Hissing

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.6, Scholastic Inc.

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Peeta, you were supposed to wake me after a couple of hours," I say. "For what? Nothing's going on here," he says. "Besides, I like watching you sleep. You don't scowl. Improves your looks a lot." This, of course, brings on a scowl that makes him grin.

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Couple, Sleep, Looks

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.260, Scholastic Inc.

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They don't know that I'm already asking for the moon.

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Moon, Asking, Knows

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because I have learned the hard way how deadly these beauties can be.

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Way, I Have Learned, Hard

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.355, Scholastic Inc.

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