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• I stare at the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not.

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  Katniss, Mirrors, Who I Am

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.480, Scholastic Inc.

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• Barbarism? That's ironic coming from a woman helping to prepare us for slaughter. And what's she basing our success on? Our table manners?

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  Ironic, Tables, Table Manners

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.69, Scholastic Inc.

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• Poison. The perfect weapon for a snake.

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  Snakes, Perfect, Poison

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.172, Scholastic Inc.

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• Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream. [...] When I fully awaken, I'm momentarily comforted. I try to hold on to the peaceful feeling of the dream, but it quickly slips away, leaving me sadder than ever.

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  Dream, Giving, Leaving

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.318, Scholastic Inc.

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• When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim`s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the Reaping.

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  Mother, Dream, Bed

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.5, Scholastic Inc.

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• I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good. Because really it's mostly for their own good.

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  Lying, People, Sick

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.118, Scholastic Inc.

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• Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father never failed to bring her gifts from the woods. The way my mother's face would light up at the sound of his boots at the door. The way she almost stopped living when he died.

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  Mother, Father, Real

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.343, Scholastic Inc.

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• The only thing worse than fighting a giant scorpion was fighting a giant scorpion who was trying to protect her young.

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  Mother, Fighting, Trying

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.653, Scholastic Inc.

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• A need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it.

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  Revenge, Mirrors, Long

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1385, Scholastic Inc.

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• A furious Peeta hammers Haymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch watching me. This is the moment, then. When we find out exactly just how alike we are, and how much he truly understands me. "I'm with the Mockingjay," he says.

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  Party, Atrocities, Hammers

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.370, Scholastic Inc.

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• I'm going to be the Mockingjay.

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  Mockingjay

  "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2011.

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• You and me Haymitch.Very cozy.Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights sitting around the fire retelling old Hunger Games tale. -Peeta Mellark

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  Winter, Night, Fire

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• Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Strange things did happen here. No stranger would let it be if we met up At midnight in the hanging tree.

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  Tree, Midnight, Rope

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• Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim's place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.

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  Mean, Thinking, Hands

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

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• Oh, that I do know...Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.

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  Thinking, Katniss, Mockingjay Book

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• Haymitch said you'd take a lot of convincing.

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  Said, Convincing, Haymitch

  Suzanne Collins (2012). “The Hunger Games”, p.232, Scholastic

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• By the end of the session, I am no one at all. Haymitch started drinking somewhere around witty, and a nasty edge has crept into his voice. "I give up, sweetheart. Just answer the questions and try not to let the audience see how openly you despise them.

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  Witty, Giving Up, Drinking

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

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• Unfortunately, I can't seal the sponsor deals for you. Only Haymitch can do that," says Effie grimly. "But don't worry, I'll get him to the table at gunpoint if necessary." Although lacking in many departments, Effie Trinket has a certain determination I have to admire.

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  Determination, Worry, Tables

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• The more likable he is, the more deadly he is.” -Katniss Everdeen

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  Katniss, Hunger Games Book, Capitol In Hunger Games

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• My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me.

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  Hate, Home, Years

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.4, Scholastic Inc.

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• Someone ought to get Haymitch a drink.

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  Drink, Ought, Haymitch

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.94, Scholastic Inc.

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• I sit back on my bed cross-legged and find myself rubbing the smooth iridescent surface of the pearl back and forth against my lips. For some reason, it’s soothing. A cool kiss

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  Kissing, Bed, Pearls

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.33, Scholastic Inc.

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• I've asked you fifty questions and still have no sense of your life, your family, what you care about. They want to know about you, Katniss." "But I don't want them to! They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to time in the past!" I say.

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  Past, Katniss, Care

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.159, Scholastic Inc.

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• Peeta smiles at me, sad and mocking. "Okay. Thanks for the tip, sweetheart.

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  Thanks, Sweetheart, Okay

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.137, Scholastic Inc.

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• Katniss. I remember about the bread.

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  Katniss, Bread, Remember

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.230, Scholastic Inc.

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