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Tomorrow's a hunting day, I say. I won't be much of a help with that, Peeta says. I've never hunted before. I'll kill and you cook, I say. And you can always gather. I wish there was some sort of bread bush out there,

Tomorrow's a hunting day," I say. "I won't be much of a help with that," Peeta says. "I've never hunted before." "I'll kill and you cook," I say. "And you can always gather." "I wish there was some sort of bread bush out there," says Peeta.

Suzanne Collins
Hunting, Wish, Bread
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.290, Scholastic Inc.

Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe.

Suzanne Collins
Mother, Father, Safe
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.208, Scholastic UK

So what I'd really like is to try and conceal him somewhere safe, then go hunt, and come back and collect him. But I have a feeling his ego isn't going to go for that suggestion.

Suzanne Collins
Ego, Feelings, Trying
Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.315, Scholastic Inc.

It's weird, how much he's noticed me... And apparently, I have not been as oblivious to him as I imagined, either.

Suzanne Collins
Oblivious
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.88, Scholastic Inc.

Finnick:" Good to see you, Peeta." Peeta:" You be nice to her, Finnick. Or I might try and take her away from you." It could be a joke, if the tone wasn't so cold. Everything it conveys is wrong. The open distrust of Finnick, the implication that Peeta has his eye on Annie, that Annie could desert Finnick, that I do not even exist. Finnick:"Oh Peeta," says Finnick lightly. "Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.

Suzanne Collins
Sorry, Nice, Heart

Better not to give in to it.

Suzanne Collins
Giving, Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice. That's how we met, with Finnick offering me sugar. Surrounded by horses and chariots, costumed and painted for the crowds, before we were allies. Before I had any idea what made him tick. The memory actually coaxes a smile out of me. "Here, it improves the taste," he says in his real voice, plunking three cubes into my cup.

Suzanne Collins
Horse, Memories, Real
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.158, Scholastic Inc.

You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done anything normal together.

Suzanne Collins
Thinking, Together, Done
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.693, Scholastic Inc.

Scores only matter if they’re very good, no one pays much attention to the bad or mediocre ones.

Suzanne Collins
Attention, Pay, Matter
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.102, Scholastic Inc.

Really? What did you cost me again? I ask. A lot of trouble. Don't worry. You'll get it all back,he says.

Suzanne Collins
Worry, Cost, Trouble
Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.273, Scholastic Inc.

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.

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

There was no discussion between them; it was as if the bugs had worked out this whole scenario long ago. Temp put on a burst of speed for the end of the bridge, and Tick turned to face down the army of rats alone.

Suzanne Collins
Army, Long Ago, Bridges
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.149, Scholastic Inc.

For the last year his grandma had been slipping in and out of reality. One minute she was as clear as a bell and the next she was calling him Simon. Who was Simon? He had no idea.

Suzanne Collins
Grandma, Reality, Years
Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.13, Scholastic Inc.

Yes, victors are our strongest. They're the ones who survived the arena and slipped the noose of poverty that strangles the rest of us. They, or should I say we, are the very embodiment of hope where there is no hope. And now twenty-three of us will be killed to show how even that hope was an illusion.

Suzanne Collins
Twenties, Three, Embodiment
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.712, Scholastic Inc.

And she's my fiancee. So if you want to get to him, expect to go through both of us.

Suzanne Collins
Want, Fiancee, Ifs

No one really needs me,” he says, and there's no self-pity in his voice...“I do,” I say. “I need you.” He looks upset, takes a deep breath as if to begin a long argument, and that's no good, no good at all, because he'll start going on about Prim and my mother and everything and I'll just get confused. So before he can talk, I stop his lips with a kiss.

Suzanne Collins
Mother, Confused, Kissing

This is no place for a girl on fire.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Fire, Catching On
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.263, Scholastic Inc.

Thank you for you consideration

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

Desperate, yet no longer alone after that day, because we'd found each other.

Suzanne Collins
Desperate, Found
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.117, Scholastic Inc.

KEEP CALM and HAVE A SUGAR CUBE

Suzanne Collins
Sugar, Cubes, Calm

Our romance became a key strategy for our survival in the arena. Only it wasn't just a strategy for Peeta.

Suzanne Collins
Keys, Romance, Survival
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.9, Scholastic Inc.

In other words, I step out of line and we're all dead.

Suzanne Collins
Lines, Steps
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.51, Scholastic

It's more complicated than that. I know them. They're not evil or cruel. They're not even smart. Hurting them, it's like hurting children.

Suzanne Collins
Hurt, Children, Smart
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.53, Scholastic Inc.

I'll never know what it was he wanted me to remember.

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

I wish she was dead,' he says. 'I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best.

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

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