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I noticed just about every girl, but none of them made a lasting impression but you.

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Girl, Lasting Impressions, Made

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.299, Scholastic Inc.

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And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anyway. I just hope I get one who doesn't think nudity is the last word in fashion.

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Fashion, Thinking, Opening Ceremony

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.50, Scholastic Inc.

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‎What is to prevent, say, an uprising?

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Uprising

Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.280, Scholastic UK

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At the moment, the choice would be simple. I can survive just fine without either of them.

Suzanne Collins

Simple, Choices, Would Be

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.260, Scholastic

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I guess after tonight Boots won't think the whole world is her friend," thought Gregor. She had to find out sometime, but it still made him sad.

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Thinking, Tonight, Boots

Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

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Yes. I killed him. And buried her in flowers," I say. "And I sang her to sleep.

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Flower, Sleep, Buried

Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.288, Scholastic Inc.

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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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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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All the general fear I've been feeling condenses into an immediate fear of this girl, this predator who might kill me in seconds. Adrenaline shoots through me and I sling the pack over one shoulder and run full-speed for the woods. I can hear the blade whistling toward me and reflexively hike the pack up to protect my head. The blade lodges in the pack. Both straps on my shoulders now, I make for the trees. Somehow I knew the girl will not pursue me. That she'll be drawn back into the Cornucopia before all the good stuff is gone. A grin crosses my face. Thanks for the knife, I think.

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Girl, Running, Thinking

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It means we're on your side." That's what Bonnie said. I have people on my side? What side? Am I unwittingly the face of the hoped-for rebellion? Has the mockingjay on my pin become a symbol of resistance? If so, my side's not doing too well.

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Mean, Your Side, People

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.150, Scholastic Inc.

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Go to sleep," he says softly. His hand brushes the lose strands of my hair off my forehead. Unlike the staged kisses and caresses so far, this gesture seems natural and comforting. I don't want him to stop and he doesn't. He's still stroking my hair when I fall asleep.

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Fall, Sleep, Kissing

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Peeta?" I creep along the bank. "Well, don't step on me.

Suzanne Collins

Steps, Creeps, Wells

Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.252, 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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Katniss?" Peeta says. I meet his eyes, knowing my face must be some shade of green. He mouths the words. "How about that kiss?

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Eye, Kissing, Katniss

Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.181, Scholastic UK

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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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There's no point in comforting words, in telling her she'll be all right. She's no fool. Her hand reaches out and I clutch it like a lifeline. As if it's me who's dying instead of Rue.

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Hands, Comforting, Dying

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.310, Scholastic Inc.

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A faint light burned in the pit revealing a furry creature hunched over a stone slab, fiddling with something. At first Gregor raised a warning hand. He thought it was a rat. Then the creature lifted his head and Gregor recognized what was left of his dad.

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Dad, Light, Hands

Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.154, Scholastic Inc.

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Yes, everyone in the districts will be watching me to see how I handle this death sentence, this final act of President Snow’s dominance. They will be looking for some sign that their battles have not been in vain. If I can make it clear that I’m still defying the Capitol right up to the end, the Capitol will have killed me…but not my spirit. What better way to give hope to the rebels?

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President Snow, Giving, Battle

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Peeta crouches down on the other side of her and strokes her hair. When he begins to speak in a soft voice, it seems almost nonsensical, but the words aren’t for me. “With my paint box at home, I can make every color imaginable. Pink. As pale as a baby’s skin. Or as deep as rhubarb. Green like spring grass. Blue that shimmers like ice on water.

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Baby, Spring, Home

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.312, Scholastic Inc.

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Johanna glances over at Finnick, to be sure, then turns to me. “How’d you lose Mags?” “In the fog. Finnick had Peeta. I had Mags for a while. Then I couldn’t lift her. Finnick said he couldn’t take them both. She kissed him and walked right into the poison,” I say. “She was Finnick’s mentor, you know,” Johanna says accusingly. “No, I didn’t,” I say. “She was half his family,” she says a few moments later, but there’s less venom behind it.

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Fog, Mentor, Poison

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.897, Scholastic Inc.

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Your favorite colour . . . it's green?" "That's right." Then I think of something to add. "And yours is orange." "Orange?" He seems unconvinced. "Not bright orange. But soft. Like the sunset," I say. "At least, that's what you told me once." "Oh." He closes his eyes briefly, maybe trying to conjure up that sunset, then nods his head. "Thank you." But more words tumble out. "You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.

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Sunset, Sleep, Eye

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Tick, tock,” whispers Wiress. I guide her in front of me and get her to lie down, stroking her arm to soothe her. She drifts off, stirring restlessly, occasionally sighing out her phrase. “Tick, tock.” “Tick, tock,” I agree softly. “It’s time for bed. Tick, tock. Go to sleep.

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Lying, Sleep, Bed

Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.477, Scholastic UK

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He puts the chain with the locket around my neck, then rests his hand over the spot where our baby would be. “You’re going to make a great mother, you know,” he says. He kisses me one last time and goes back to Finnick.

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Mother, Baby, Kissing

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The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. So Peeta begins pointing it out to me, insisting I acknowledge its progress and sometimes, for just a moment I feel a flicker of hope before the agony of the night engulfs me again.

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Lying, Moon, Night

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.442, Scholastic Inc.

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What do you think?" he asks. "I hate them," I say. I can almost smell the blood, the dirt, the unnatural breath of the mutt. "All I do is go around trying to forget the arena and you've brought it back to life. How do you remember these things so exactly?" "I see them every night," he says.

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Hate, Night, Thinking

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.53, Scholastic Inc.

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