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Got it, I say. Did you tell Peeta this? Don't have to, says Haymitch. He's already there.

Got it," I say. "Did you tell Peeta this?" "Don't have to," says Haymitch. "He's already there.

Suzanne Collins
Peeta, Haymitch
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.19, Scholastic Inc.

Greeting to the final contestants of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games. The earlier revision has been revoked. Closer examination of the rule book has disclosed that only one winner may be allowed," he says. "Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor.

Suzanne Collins
Book, Good Luck, Odds

I pull the sleeping bag up to his chin and kiss his forehead, not for the audience, but for me. Because I'm so grateful that he's here, not dead by the stream as I'd thought. So glad I don't have to face Cato alone.

Suzanne Collins
Grateful, Sleep, Kissing
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.318, Scholastic Inc.

Hey, Effie, watch this!" says Peeta. He tosses his fork over his shoulder and literally licks his plate clean whit his tongue making loud, satisfied sounds. Then he blows a kiss out to her in general and calls, "We miss you, Effie!

Suzanne Collins
Kissing, Blow, Missing

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.

Whatever the truth is, I don’t see how it will help me get food on the table.

Suzanne Collins
Tables, Helping, Truth Is
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.59, Scholastic Inc.

Peeta bakes. I hunt. Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out.

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

The anguish I always feel when she's in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face.

Suzanne Collins
Sister, Pain, Faces
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.17, Scholastic Inc.

Maybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. I don't care. I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good.

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

No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.

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

I know he was desperate. That makes people do all kinds of crazy things.

Suzanne Collins
Crazy, People, Kind
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.660, Scholastic UK

I go back to my room and lie under the covers, trying not to think of Gale and thinking of nothing else.

Suzanne Collins
Lying, Thinking, Trying
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.73, Scholastic Inc.

I curl up, make myself smaller, try to disappear entirely. Wrapped in silence, I slide my bracelet that reads 'mentally disoriented' around and around my wrist.

Suzanne Collins
Silence, Trying, Curls
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.351, Scholastic Inc.

Listen up. You're in trouble. Word is the Capitol's furious about you showing them up in the arena. The one thing they can't stand is being laughed at and they're the joke of Panem

Suzanne Collins
Arena, Hunger, Trouble
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.246, Scholastic UK

My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain.

Suzanne Collins
Mother, Brain, Forget
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.103, Scholastic

For a second, I'm afraid he's dying. I have to remind myself that I don't care.

Suzanne Collins
Dying, Care, I Don't Care
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.74, Scholastic Inc.

My mockingjay pin now lives with Cinna's outfit, but there's the gold locket and the silver parachute with the spile and Peeta's pearl. I knot the pearl into the corner of the parachute, bury it deep in the recesses of the bag, as if it's Peeta's life and no one can take it away as long as I guard it.

Suzanne Collins
Long, Gold, Bags
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.146, Scholastic Inc.

No one really needs me," he says, and there is no self-pity in his voice. It's true his family doesn't need him. They will mourn him, as will a handful of friends. But they will get on. Even Haymitch, with the help of a lot of white liquor, will get on. I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me. "I do," I say. "I need you.

Suzanne Collins
Voice, White, Self

It's lovely. If only you could frost someone to death.

Suzanne Collins
Lovely, Frost, Ifs
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.91, Scholastic Inc.

I don't know what it is with Finnick and bread, but he seems obsessed with handling it.

Suzanne Collins
Bread, Obsessed, Finnick
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.493, Scholastic UK

I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!

Suzanne Collins
Volunteer, Tribute
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, Scholastic Inc.

A hysterical young woman with flowing brown hair is also called from 4, but she's quickly replaced by a volunteer, an eighty-year-old woman who needs a cane to walk to the stage.

Suzanne Collins
Hair, Years, Volunteer
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.150, Scholastic

The ones I loved fly as birds in the open sky above me. Soaring, weaving, calling to me to join them. I want so badly to follow them, but the seawater saturates my wings, making it impossible to lift them. The ones I hated have taken to the water, horrible scaled things that tear my salty flesh with needle teeth. Biting again and again. Dragging me beneath the surface.

Suzanne Collins
Taken, Sky, Wings

I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away.

Suzanne Collins
Morning, Fear, Taken
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.786, Scholastic UK

Anyway, even if she's sugarcoating my good points, I appreciate it. Frankly, I could use a little sugarcoating.

Suzanne Collins
Appreciate, Use, Littles
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.240, Scholastic Inc.

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