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My time in the arena made me realize how I needed to stop punishing [my mother] for something she couldn't help, specifically the crushing depression she fell into after my father's death. Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

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Crush, Mother, Father

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.31, Scholastic Inc.

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What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes to rill in and die for their entertainment?

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Waiting Around, Katniss, People

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.60, Scholastic Inc.

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But don't worry; as I've been saying - and this has been very clever of me, I'm sure you'll agree - if you put enough pressure on coal, it'll turn to pearls!

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Clever, Worry, Coal

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Remember, girl on fire,” he says, “I'm still betting on you.

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Girl, Fire, Remember

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.205, Scholastic

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She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath, and then you can hear a pin drop, and I'm feeling nauseous and so desperately hoping that it's not me, that it's not me, that it's not me. Effie Trinket crosses back to the podium, smoothes the slip of paper, and reads out the name in a clear voice. And it's not me. It's Primrose Everdeen.

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Hands, Names, Voice

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.22, Scholastic Inc.

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Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real.

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Real, Thinking, Games

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Oh, he's on top of it. It was volunteer only, but he pretended not to notice me waving my hand in the air," says Haymitch. "See? He's already demonstrated good judgment.

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Air, Hands, Volunteer

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.164, Scholastic Inc.

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Even though I don't ask, Plutarch gives me cheerful updates on the phone like "Good news, Katniss! I think we've almost got him convinced you're not a mutt!" Or "Today he was allowed to feed himself pudding!

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Thinking, Phones, Katniss

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I roll my eyes. "So when did I become so special? When they carted me off to the Capitol?" "No, about six months before that. Right after New Year's. We were in the Hob, eating some slop of Greasy Sae's. And Darius was teasing you about trading a rabbit for one of his kisses. And I realized...I minded.

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New Year, Eye, Kissing

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.199, Scholastic Inc.

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You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real.

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Love, Real, President Snow

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.388, Scholastic Inc.

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Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this" -- he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose -- "distracting?" I laugh. Boggs looks embarrassed and Finnick looks more like the guy I met at the Quarter Quell

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Laughing, Guy, Leaving

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.79, Scholastic Inc.

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Is that why you hate me?" I ask. "Partly," She admits. "Jealousy is certainly involved. I also think you're a little hard to swallow. With your tacky romantic drama and your defender-of-the-helpless act. Only it isn't an act, which makes you more unbearable. Please feel free to take this personally.

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Hate, Drama, Thinking

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1264, Scholastic Inc.

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Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had an agreement not to lie to each other.

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Lying, Agreement, Missing

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Katniss....he's still trying to keep you alive.

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Katniss, Trying, Alive

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.28, Scholastic

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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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Don't let him take you from me.

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Katniss And Peeta, Katniss Peeta, Mockingjay

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

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He frosted under heavy guard.

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Heavy

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Maybe the other tributes are out there beating one another senseless. Which would be fine. - Katniss -

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Katniss, Would Be, Fine

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I pound on the glass, screaming my head off. Everyone ignores me except for some Capitol attendant who appears behind me and offers me a beverage.

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Glasses, Beverages, Pounds

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.451, Scholastic Inc.

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Finally, the intercom crackles and Hatmitch's acerbic laugh fills the studio. He contains himself just long enough to say, 'And that, my friends, is how a revolution dies.

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Long, Laughing, Revolution

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I think of the snarling, cruel exchange back on the hovercraft. The bitterness that followed. But all I say is "I can't believe you didn't rescue Peeta." "I know," he replies. There's a sense of incompleteness. And not because he hasn't apologized. But because we were a team. We had a deal to keep Peeta safe. A drunken, unrealistic deal made in the dark of night, but a deal just the same. And in my heart of hearts, I know we both failed. "Now you say it," I tell him. "I can't believe you let him out of your sight that night," says Haymitch.

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Team, Believe, Heart

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Several sets of arms would embrace me. But in the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too. I reach out for him and say something like his name and he's there, holding me and patting my back. "It's okay. It'll be okay, sweetheart." He sits me on a length of broken marble pillar and keeps an arm around me while I sob.

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Names, Broken, Comfort

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.163, Scholastic Inc.

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Maybe I'll be like the man in the Hanging Tree still waiting for an answer.' Gale who I have never seen cry has tears in his eyes. To keep them from spilling over. I reach forward and press my lips against his. We taste of heat, ashes and misery.

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Eye, Men, Tree

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.130, Scholastic Inc.

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It's as if I'm Finnick, watching images of my life flash by. The mast of a boat, a silver parachute, Mags laughing, a pink sky, Beetee's trident, Annie in her wedding dress, waves breaking over rocks. Then its over.

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Rocks, Sky, Waves Breaking

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1375, Scholastic Inc.

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Maybe I'll be like that man in "The Hanging Tree'. Still waiting for an answer.

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Men, Tree, Waiting

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.130, Scholastic Inc.

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