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And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us through. I had taken a step back from my mother, put up a wall to protect myself from needing her, and nothing was ever the same between us again.

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Mother, Wall, Taken

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.48, Scholastic Inc.

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That should have been my strategy! By the time I’ve worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I’m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range.

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Frustration, Hair, Should Have

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.278, 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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At once, it’s clear I cannot gush. We try me playing cocky, but I just don’t have the arrogance. Apparently, I’m too “vulnerable” for ferocity. I’m not witty. Funny. Sexy. Or mysterious By the end of the session, I am no one at all.

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Sexy, Witty, Cocky

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.

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And she’s very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her

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Clever, Very Clever, Wells

Suzanne Collins (2012). “The Hunger Games”, p.253, Scholastic

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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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Peeta: You be nice to her, Finnick. Or I might try and take her away from you. Finnick: Oh, Peeta. Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.

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Sorry, Nice, Heart

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I don't think it's going to work out. Winning...won't help in any case. Because...she came here with me. - Peeta Mellark

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Winning, Thinking, Work Out

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The most exciting thing either of us does is nap.

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Naps, Doe, Exciting

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.393, Scholastic Inc.

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And then, when he’s been underwater so long I feel certain he’s drowned, his head pops up right next to me and I start. “Don’t do that,” I say. “What? Come up or stay under?” he says. “Either. Neither. Whatever

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Long, Underwater, Next

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.307, Scholastic Inc.

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Actually, Katniss isn’t complaining because she has no intention of staying with the “Star Squad,” but she recognizes the necessity of getting to the Capitol before carrying out any plan.

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Stars, Squad, Katniss

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.257, Scholastic Inc.

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Cleaning me up is just a preliminary step to determining my new look. With my acid-damaged hair, sunburned skin, and ugly scars, the prep team has to make me pretty and then damage, burn, and scare me in a more attractive way.

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Team, Hair, Skins

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.59, Scholastic Inc.

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and when he kissed me i didn't know what to do.

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Knows

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I don't know what I expected from my first meeting with Peeta after the announcement. A few hugs and kisses. A little comfort maybe. Not this. I turn to Haymitch. "Don't worry, I'll get you more liquor.

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Kissing, Worry, Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.183, Scholastic Inc.

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He hates me more," says Peeta. "I don't think people in general are his sort of thing.

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Hate, Thinking, People

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.400, Scholastic Inc.

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Nerrissa? You believe her? Well, you at least have to credit her with a certain instability! Remember when she told you that I was going to take over the Fount with and army of Lobsters?" said Ripred. You did try to take over the Fount with an army of Lobsters." said Vikus. Yes, yes, but it was years before she was born. My point is, she flip-flops in and out of time like a fish in shallow waters." answered Ripred.

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Believe, Army, Years

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He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. And he chose solitude. Not solitude – that sounds too peaceful. More like solitary confinement.

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Choices, Peaceful, Solitude

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.46, Scholastic Inc.

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How did Rue end up on that stage with nothing but the wind offering to take her place?

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Offering, Wind, Rue

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.56, Scholastic Inc.

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I do plan on saying one or two things to him when we're allowed an hour for goodbyes. To let him know how essential he's been to me all these years. How better my life has been for knowing him." -Katniss Everdeen

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Goodbye, Years, Two

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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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You'd have thought we planned it," says Peeta, giving me just the hint of a smile. "Didn't you?" asks Portia. Her fingers press her eyelids closed as if she's warding off a very bright light. "No," I say looking at Peeta with a new sense of apreciation. "Neither of us even knew what we were going to do before we went in." "And Haymitch?" says Peeta. "We decided we don't want any other allies in the arena." "Good. Then I won't be responsible for you killing off any of my friends with your stupidity," he says.

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Light, Giving, Stupidity

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I begin to fully understand the lengths to which people have gone to protect me. What I mean to the rebels. My on going struggle against the Capitol, which has so often felt like a solitary journey, has not been undertaken alone. I have had thousands upon thousands of people from the districts at my side. I was their Mockingjay long before I accepted the role.

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Struggle, Mean, Journey

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.90, Scholastic Inc.

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Remember, heads high. Smiles. They're going to love you!

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Love You, Remember, Cinna

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

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Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.

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Katniss, Protect, Mockingjay Book

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.302, Scholastic Inc.

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Desperate, yet no longer alone after that day, because we'd found each other.

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Desperate, Found

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.117, Scholastic Inc.

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