Katniss Peeta Quotes

• I don't want to lose the boy with the bread.

  Suzanne Collins

  Inspirational, Boys, Hunger For Love

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• I pull an arrow, whip the notch into place, and am about to let it fly when I'm stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta. And it's so bizarre, even for Finnick.

  Suzanne Collins

  Kissing, Sight, Arrows

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.842, Scholastic Inc.

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• Making knots. Making knots. No word. Making knots. Tick-tock. This is a clock. Do not think of Gale. Do not think of Peeta. Making knots.

  Suzanne Collins

  Thinking, Gale, Tick

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.174, Scholastic Inc.

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• My lips are just forming his name when his fingers lock around my throat.

  Suzanne Collins

  Names, Locks, Lips

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1209, Scholastic Inc.

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• But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me. "Katniss, there is no District Twelve."

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Catching Fire, Secret

  "Catching Fire". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2009.

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• Katniss. I remember about the bread.

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Bread, Remember

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

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• Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt. Neighbor. Hunter. Tribute. Ally. I'll add it to the list of words I use to try to figure you out. The problem is, I can't tell what's real anymore, and what's made up.

  Suzanne Collins

  Real, Enemy, Trying

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• Don't let him take you from me.

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss And Peeta, Mockingjay, Peeta

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

  Suzanne Collins

  Sleep, Katniss, Tea

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.271, Scholastic Inc.

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• What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.

  Suzanne Collins

  Love, Spring, Inspiration

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

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

  Suzanne Collins

  Love, Real, President Snow

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

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• You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers. "Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.

  Suzanne Collins

  Real, Katniss, Trying

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

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• And while I was talking, the idea of actually losing Peeta hit me again and I realized how much I don't want him to die. And it's not about the sponsors. And it's not about what will happen when we get home. And it's not just that I don't want to be alone. It's him. I do not want to lose the boy with the bread.

  Suzanne Collins

  Home, Boys, Talking

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

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• The problem is, I can’t tell what’s real anymore, and what’s made up.

  Suzanne Collins

  Real, Problem, Made

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.270, Scholastic Inc.

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• I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm jolted back in time, to another wound, another set of bandages. "You said that same thing to me in the first Hunger Games. Real or not real?" "Real," he says. "And you risked your life getting the medicine that saved me?" "Real." I shrug. "You were the reason I was alive to do it.

  Suzanne Collins

  Mother, Real, Medicine

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.321, Scholastic Inc.

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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

  Suzanne Collins

  Winning, Thinking, Work Out

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• Because...because...she came here with me.

  Suzanne Collins

  Hunger For Love, Games, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.130, Scholastic Inc.

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

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Protect, Mockingjay Book

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

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• My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

  Suzanne Collins

  Romantic, Hunger For Love, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.86, Scholastic Inc.

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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.

  Suzanne Collins

  Sunset, Sleep, Eye

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• That's right. Who am I thinking of? Oh, I know. It's Cinna who likes you. But that's mainly because you didn't try to run when he set you on fire," says Peeta. "On the other hand, Haymitch... well, if I were you, I'd avoid Haymitch completely. He hates you.

  Suzanne Collins

  Running, Hate, Thinking

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.300, 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.

  Suzanne Collins

  Eye, Men, Tree

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

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• It's a long shot, it's suicide maybe, but I do the only thing I can think of. I lean in and kiss Peeta full on the mouth. His whole body starts shuddering, but I keep my lips pressed to his until I have to come up for air. My hands slide up his wrists to clasp his. "Don't let him take you from me." Peeta's panting hard as he fights the nightmares raging his head. "No. I don't want to. . ." I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dilate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs.

  Suzanne Collins

  Suicide, Pain, Kissing

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

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• "What's going on down there, Katniss? Have they all joined hands? Taken a vow of nonviolence? Tossed the weapons in the sea in defiance of the Capitol?" Finnick asks.
  "No," I say.
  "No," Finnick repeats. "Because whatever happened in the past is in the past. And no one in this arena was a victor by chance." He eyes Peeta for a moment. "Except maybe Peeta."

  Suzanne Collins

  Taken, Eye, Past

  "Catching Fire". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2009.

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• I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this.

  Thomas J. Grasso

  Firefly, Katniss, Catching Fire

  Last words, March 20, 1995.

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