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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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Then Octavia drops to her knees, rubs the hem of a skirt against her cheek, and burst into tears. "It's been so long," she gasps, "since I've seen anything pretty.

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Long, Tears, Hem

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1270, Scholastic Inc.

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It's just me and the Bane. And I'm fighting him because he killed all of those innocent mice and people, and I have to stop him. Not because Sandwich says so but because I say so.

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Fighting, People, Sandwiches

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I will never have a life with Gale even if I want to.

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Gale, Want, Ifs

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.40, Scholastic

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You want a piece of advice?" said Ripred. "Don't bother. I know what you'll say. The whole thing's stupid," said Gregor. "Quite the contrary. I was going to say that life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don't pretend that one isn't happening." said Ripred.

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Stupid, Life Is Short, Advice

Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.713, Scholastic Inc.

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They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There's no one left I love.

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Hurt, Hurt Me, Left

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.150, Scholastic Inc.

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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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I must still look perplexed because Gale delivers the next line very slowly. “Katniss…he’s still trying to keep you alive.” To keep me alive? And then I understand. The Games are still on.

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Games, Katniss, Trying

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.30, Scholastic Inc.

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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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I mean I know it's cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag. But when you grit your teeth and stick it out until dawn!

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Mean, Sleep, Dawn

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.153, 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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The sensation inside me grows warmer and spreads out from my chest down through my body out along my arms and legs to the tips of my being. Instead of satisfying me the kisses have the opposite effect of making my need greater.

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Kissing, Opposites, Legs

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.352, Scholastic Inc.

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Crying is not an option.

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Cry

Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.30, Scholastic UK

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The berries. I realize the answer to who I am lies in that handful of poisonous fruit. If I held them out to save Peeta because I knew I would be shunned if I came back without him, then I am despicable. If I held them out because I loved him, I am still self-centered, although forgivable. But if I held them out to defy the capitol, I am someone of worth. The trouble is, I don't know exactly what was going on inside me at that moment.

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Lying, Self, Who I Am

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.118, Scholastic Inc.

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But just before they cut back to the main newscaster, I see the unmistakable flash of that same mockingjay's wing. The reporter has simply been incorporated into the old footage. She's not in District 13 at all. Which begs the question, What is?

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Cutting, Wings, Flash

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.694, Scholastic Inc.

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The way she kissed you in the Quarter Quell…well she never kissed me like that…I should have volunteered to take your place in the first Games. Protected her then…I guess it’s Katniss’ problem. Who to choose…Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can’t survive without.

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Thinking, Should Have, Games

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On and on we seal the pages with salt water and promises to live well to make their deaths count.

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Water, Promise, Pages

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.387, Scholastic Inc.

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Do i really want him dead? What i want... what i want is to have him back.

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Want, Want Him

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.389, Scholastic Inc.

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How are you managing? And don't say you're fine." It's true. 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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it is a perfect weapon

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Perfect, Weapons

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Slowly, with many lost days, I come back to life.

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Lost

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.303, Scholastic

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My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother’s body, their cheeks pressed together. In sleep, my mother looks younger, still worn but not so beaten-down. Prim’s face is as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which she was named. My mother was very beautiful once, too. Or so they tell me.

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Beautiful, Mother, Sleep

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

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People deal with me, but they are genuinely fond of Prim. Maybe there will be enough fondness to keep her alive.

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People, Alive, Enough

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.33, Scholastic Inc.

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Despite what I feel for Peeta, this is when I accept deep down that he'll never come back to me. Or i'll never go back to him. I'll die for my trouble. And he'll die insane and hating me.

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Hate, Insane, Trouble

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.198, Scholastic Inc.

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There's no district 12 to escape from now, no Peacekeepers to trick, no hungry mouths to feed. The Capitol took away all of that, and I'm on the verge of losing Gale as well. The glue of mutual needs that bonded us so tightly together for all those years is melting away.

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Years, Melting Away, Together

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.127, Scholastic Inc.

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