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Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Especially if the target is unprepared.

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Humorous, Catching Fire, Target

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.387, Scholastic Inc.

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Who says i can't handle it? I can handle it," said Gregor obviously not handling it.

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Said, Handle, I Can

Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.127, Scholastic Inc.

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You could do a lot worse.

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Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.45, Scholastic Inc.

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I say we try it,' says Peeta. 'Katniss is right.' Finnick looks at Johanna and raises his eyebrows. He will not go forward without her. 'All right,' she says finally. 'It's better than hunting them down in the jungle, anyway. And I doubt they'll figure out our plan, since we can barely understand it ourselves.

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Hunting, Eyebrows, Katniss

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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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I carefully lay out the provisions. One thin black sleeping bag that reflects body heat. A pack of crackers. A pack of dried beef strips. A bottle of iodine. A box of wooden matches. A small coil of wire. A pair of sunglasses. And a half-gallon plastic bottle with a cap for carrying water that's bone dry. No water. How hard would it have been for them to fill up the bottle?

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Sleep, Iodine, Water

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.149, Scholastic Inc.

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I'm relieved Peeta's alive. I tell myself again that if I get killed, his winnings will benefit my mother and Prim the most. This is what I tell myself to explain the conflicting emotions that arise when I think of Peeta. The gratitude that he game an edge by professing his love for me in the interview. The anger at his superiority on the roof. The dread that we may come face-to-face at any moment in this arena.

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Mother, Gratitude, Winning

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Finnick!" Something between a shriek and a cry of joy. A lovely if somewhat bedraggled young woman--dark tangled hair, sea green eyes--runs toward us in nothing but a sheet. "Finnick!" And suddenly, it's as if there's no one in the world but these two, crashing through space to reach each other. They collide, enfold, lose their balance, and slam against a wall, where they stay. Clinging into one being. Indivisible. A pang of jealousy hits me. Not for either Finnick or Annie but for their certainty. No one seeing them could doubt their love.

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Running, Wall, Eye

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.175, Scholastic Inc.

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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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Sleep, Katniss, Tea

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.271, 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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Not like this. He wanted it to be real.

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Love, Real, Wanted

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ll I can think about, every day, every waking minute since they drew Prim's name at the reaping, is how afraid I am.

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Thinking, Names, Waking

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.97, Scholastic Inc.

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Great. Now I have to go back and tell Haymitch I want an eighty-year-old and Nuts and Volts for my allies. He'll love that.

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Years, Nuts, Allies

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.232, Scholastic Inc.

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Maybe I'd think that, too, Caesar," says Petta bitterly, "if it weren't for the baby." There. He's done it again.

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Baby, Thinking, Done

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Dawn comes before sleep does.

Suzanne Collins

Sleep, Dawn, Doe

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

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Everything is happening too fast for me to process it.

Suzanne Collins

Process, Happenings

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.58, Scholastic

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Beauty that arose out of pain.

Suzanne Collins

Pain, Pressured

Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.504, Scholastic UK

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Caesar Flickerman asks if the president has a date in mind. "Oh, before we set a date, we better clear it with Katniss's mother," says the president. The audience gives a big laugh and the president puts his arm around me. "Maybe if the whole country puts its mind to it, we can get you married before you're thirty." "You'll probably have to pass a new law," I say with a giggle. "If that's what it takes," says the president with conspiratorial good humor. Oh, the fun we two have together.

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Mother, Country, Fun

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.76, Scholastic Inc.

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"Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss." "What?" I ask. "The time it sticks. Maybe we are witnessing the evolution of the human race. Think about that." And then he asks me if I'd like to perform on a new singing program he's launching in a few weeks. Something upbeat would be good. He'll send the crew to my house.

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Thinking, Katniss, Race

"Mockingjay". Book by Suzanne Collins, August 24, 2010.

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It's your own fault for being so camera-ready," I tell Gale. If looks could kill.

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Faults, Gale, Cameras

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I also want to tell him how much I already miss him. But that wouldn't be fair on my part.

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Missing, Want, Fairs

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.35, Scholastic Inc.

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"Katniss?" He drops my hand and I take a step, as if to catch my balance. "It was all for the Games," Peeta says. "How you acted." "Not all of it," I say, tightly holding onto my flowers. "Then how much? No, forget that. I guess the real question is what's going to be left when we get home?" he says. "I don't know. The closer we get to District Twelve, the more confused I get," I say. He waits, for further explanation, but none's forthcoming. "Well, let me know when you work it out," he says, and the pain in his voice is palpable.

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Pain, Confused, Real

"The Hunger Games". Book by Suzanne Collins, September 14, 2008.

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He frosted under heavy guard.

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Heavy

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As we curve around into the loop of the City Circle, I can see that a couple of other stylists have tried to steal Cinna and Portia's idea of illuminating their tributes. The electric-light-studded outfits from District 3, where they make electronics, at least make sense. But what are the livestock keepers from Distric 10, who are dressed as cows, doing with flaming belts? Broiling themselves? Pathetic.

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Couple, Curves, Light

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.213, Scholastic Inc.

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She's not here," I tell him. Buttercup hisses again. "She's not here. You can hiss all you like. You won't find Prim." At her name, he perks up. Raises his flattened ears. Begins to meow hopefully. "Get out!" He dodges the pillow I throw at him. "Go away! There's nothing left for you here!" I start to shake, furious with him. "She's not coming back! She's never ever coming back here again!" I grab another pillow and get to my feet to improve my aim. Out of nowhere, the tears begin to pour down my cheeks. "She's dead, you stupid cat. She's dead.

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Stupid, Cat, Loss

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.386, Scholastic Inc.

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