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Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.

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Life, Eye, Fire

Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.762, Scholastic UK

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Here's some advice. Stay alive.

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Advice, Alive, Hunger Games Book

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.51, Scholastic Inc.

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Whatever the opposite of fine is, that's what I am.

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Opposites, Fine

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.121, Scholastic

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If I'm going to die, I want to still be me

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Want, Stills, Dies

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Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun.

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Mean, Winning, Games

Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.379, Scholastic Inc.

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An ability to look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they are.

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Confusing, Looks, Ability

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.184, Scholastic Inc.

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It's to the Capitol's advantage to have us divided among ourselves. Another tool to cause misery in our district. A way to plant hatred between the starving workers [of the Seam] and those who can generally count on supper and thereby ensure we will never trust one another.

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Hatred, Causes, Tools

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.16, Scholastic Inc.

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My spirit. This is a new thought. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I'm a fighter. In a sort of brave way. It's not as if I'm never friendly. Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but i do care for some people.

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Smile, Mean, Katniss

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.164, Scholastic Inc.

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I think we put our children at an enormous disadvantage by not educating them in war, by not letting them understand about it at an early age.

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Children, War, Thinking

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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He became my confidante, someone with whom I could share thoughts I could never voice...In exchange, he trusted me with his.

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Voice, Share, Trusted

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There's a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to you. Don't give up on him.

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Giving Up, Love You, Don't Give Up

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.184, Scholastic Inc.

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The rat was merely trying to sleep. Believe me, pup, if I had wanted to kill you we wouldn’t be having this conversation,” said Ripred.

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Believe, Sleep, Trying

"Gregor the Overlander". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2003.

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And to us, we're more married than any piece of paper or big party could make us.

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Party, Catching Fire, Pieces

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.255, Scholastic Inc.

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They don't own me. If I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me.

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Stills, Dies, Ifs

"Fictional character: Peeta Mellark". "The Hunger Games", 2012.

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I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have.

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Thinking, Ideas, Awareness

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.325, Scholastic Inc.

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It's not easy to find a topic. Talking of home is painful. Talking of the present unbearable.

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Home, Talking, Topics

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.92, Scholastic Inc.

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So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.

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Silence, Form, Applause

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.24, Scholastic Inc.

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My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They're the ones we naturally remember the best, after all.

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Wisdom, Memories, Roots

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Smiling is mostly about smiling more.

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Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.110, Scholastic Inc.

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Make sure they remember you.

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Remember You, Remembers You, Haymitch Abernathy

"Fictional character: Haymitch Abernathy". "The Hunger Games", www.imdb.com. 2012.

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She genuinely likes people. All people, not just a select few she's spent years making up her mind about.

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Years, People, Mind

Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.651, Scholastic UK

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My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

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Romantic, Hunger For Love, Katniss

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.86, Scholastic Inc.

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Tick tock, this is a clock.

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Catching Fire, Tick, Clock

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.325, Scholastic Inc.

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Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes, and when again they open, the sun will rise.

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Eye, Sun, Sleepy

Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.234, 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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