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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.

Suzanne Collins

Thinking, Games, Wish

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.137, 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 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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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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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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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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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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My mouth has gone dry as sawdust. I desperately find Cinna in the crowd and lock eyes with him. I imagine the words coming from his lips. 'What's impressed you most since you arrived here?' I rack my brain for something that made me happy here. Be honest, I think. Be honest.

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Eye, Thinking, Brain

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.122, Scholastic Inc.

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Then he smiles as if he'd be happy to lie there and gaze at me forever.

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Lying, Forever, Gazing

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It's funny, because even though they're rattling on about the Games, it's all about where they were or what they were doing or how they felt when a specific event occurred. . . . Everything is about them, not the dying boys and girls in the arena

Suzanne Collins

Girl, Boys, Games

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.459, Scholastic Inc.

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That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. "Only not to us.

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Running, Glasses, Hands

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.78, 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.

Suzanne Collins

Lying, Eye, Doors

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

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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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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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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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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.

Suzanne Collins

Girl, Running, Selfish

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.117, 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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Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. I can't help enjoying his distress. "Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say. "It must be. The sensation's completely new. How have you managed it all these years?" he asks. "Just avoid mirrors. You'll forget about it," I say. "Not if I keep looking at you," he says.

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Mirrors, Years, Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.316, Scholastic Inc.

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She's Prim's size in diameter.

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Size

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I don’t know what the explosion did, but it damaged something deep and irreparable. Never mind. If I get home, I’ll be so stinking rich, I’ll be able to pay someone to do my hearing.

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Home, Mind, Pay

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.276, Scholastic Inc.

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While you live, the revolution lives

Suzanne Collins

Revolution

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.300, Scholastic

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See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner," "A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could've had you?" "Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.

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Girl, Mother, Coal Miners

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i can win but you cant lose, this makes us all even in our ways.

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Winning, Way, Loses

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I'm not flailing now, as my muscles are rigid with the tension of holding myself together.

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Together, Flailing, Muscles

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1183, Scholastic Inc.

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I do think you're mad and I'll still go with you.

Suzanne Collins

Thinking, Catching On, Mad

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.79, Scholastic

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