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I have been keeping track of the boy with the bread.

I have been keeping track of the boy with the bread.

Suzanne Collins
Boys, Track, Bread

We star-crossed lovers of District 12, who suffered so much and enjoyed so little the rewards of our victory, do not seek our fans' favor, grace them with our smiles, or catch their kisses. We are unforgiving. And I love it. Getting to be myself at last.

Suzanne Collins
Stars, Kissing, Grace
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.212, Scholastic Inc.

Look, if you wanted to be babied you should have asked Peeta.

Suzanne Collins
Catching On, Should Have, Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.14, Scholastic Inc.

Birds are settling down for the night, singing lullabies to their young.

Suzanne Collins
Night, Bird, Singing
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.178, Scholastic Inc.

But I have to confess, I'm glad you two had at least a few months of happiness together." I'm not glad," says Peeta. "I wish we had waited until the whole thing was done officially." This takes even Caesar aback. "Surely even a brief time is better than no time?" Maybe I'd think that, too, Caesar," says Peeta bitterly, "If it weren't for the baby.

Suzanne Collins
Baby, Thinking, Two

I say we try it,' says Peeta. 'Katniss is right.' Finnick looks at Johanna and raises his eyebrows. He will not go forward without her. 'All right,' she says finally. 'It's better than hunting them down in the jungle, anyway. And I doubt they'll figure out our plan, since we can barely understand it ourselves.

Suzanne Collins
Hunting, Eyebrows, Katniss

My mouth has gone dry as sawdust. I desperately find Cinna in the crowd and lock eyes with him. I imagine the words coming from his lips. 'What's impressed you most since you arrived here?' I rack my brain for something that made me happy here. Be honest, I think. Be honest.

Suzanne Collins
Eye, Thinking, Brain
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.122, Scholastic Inc.

Katniss, got that spile?" Finnick asks, snapping me back to reality.

Suzanne Collins
Reality, Katniss, Snapping
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.338, Scholastic Inc.

My time in the arena made me realize how I needed to stop punishing [my mother] for something she couldn't help, specifically the crushing depression she fell into after my father's death. Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

Suzanne Collins
Crush, Mother, Father
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.31, Scholastic Inc.

I can see the first apple teetering when I let the third arrow go, catching the torn flap and ripping it from the bag. For a moment, everything seems frozen in time. Then the apples spill to the ground and I'm blown backward into the air.

Suzanne Collins
Air, Apples, Arrows
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.292, Scholastic Inc.

I'm relieved Peeta's alive. I tell myself again that if I get killed, his winnings will benefit my mother and Prim the most. This is what I tell myself to explain the conflicting emotions that arise when I think of Peeta. The gratitude that he game an edge by professing his love for me in the interview. The anger at his superiority on the roof. The dread that we may come face-to-face at any moment in this arena.

Suzanne Collins
Mother, Gratitude, Winning

I'd begun to think that he'd given up on me in the weeks that had passed. Or that he no longer cared about me. Hated me even. And the idea of losing him forever, my best friend, the only person I'd ever trusted with my secrets, was so painful I couldn't stand it.

Suzanne Collins
Thinking, Ideas, Forever
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.26, Scholastic Inc.

I’m in a shallow hole, not filled with the humming orange bubbles of my hallucination but with old, dead leaves.

Suzanne Collins
Orange, Hallucinations, Shallow
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.262, Scholastic Inc.

So I only say, "So what should we do with our last few days?" "I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you," Peeta replies.

Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire, Want, Lasts
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.797, Scholastic Inc.

If Under fell, if Over leaped, If death was life and Death life reaped, Something rises from the gloom, To make the Underland a tomb Hear it scratching down below, Rat of long forgotten snow, Evil cloaked in coat of White, Will the Warrior drain your light? What could turn the Warrior week? What do burning Gnawers seek? Just a barely speaking pup That holds the Land of Under up Die the baby, die his heart Die his most essential part Die the peace that rules the hour, Gnawers have their key to power

Suzanne Collins
Baby, Heart, Warrior

Warmblood now a bloodborne death, Will rob your body of it's breath Mark your skin and seal your fate The Underland becomes a plate

Suzanne Collins
Fate, Skins, Body
Suzanne Collins (2010). “The Underland Chronicles #3: Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods”, p.24, Scholastic Inc.

I walk around the room eating goose liver and puffy bread until there's a knock on the door. Effie's calling me to dinner. Good. I'm starving.

Suzanne Collins
Doors, Calling, Dinner
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.70, Scholastic Inc.

That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. "Only not to us.

Suzanne Collins
Running, Glasses, Hands
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.78, Scholastic Inc.

It's funny, because even though they're rattling on about the Games, it's all about where they were or what they were doing or how they felt when a specific event occurred. . . . Everything is about them, not the dying boys and girls in the arena

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Boys, Games
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.459, Scholastic Inc.

Then he smiles as if he'd be happy to lie there and gaze at me forever.

Suzanne Collins
Lying, Forever, Gazing

I had to do that. At least once.

Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.27, Scholastic Inc.

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