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I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone.

I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone.

Suzanne Collins
Relationship, Missing You, Hate
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.151, Scholastic Inc.

Here, cover yourself with this and I'll wash your shorts." "Oh, I don't care if you see me," says Peeta.

Suzanne Collins
Care, Shorts, Ifs
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.181, Scholastic UK

I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, my money would be on you.

Suzanne Collins
Games, Would Be, If I Could
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.141, Scholastic Inc.

They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.

Suzanne Collins
Kissing, Envy, Want
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.71, Scholastic Inc.

I must have loved you a lot.

Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay, Peeta
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.231, Scholastic Inc.

Behind a rack of framed photos of Snow, we encounter a wounded Peacekeeper propped up against a strip of brick wall. He asks us for help. Gale knees him in the side of the head and takes his gun.

Suzanne Collins
Wall, Gun, Snow
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.340, Scholastic Inc.

Peeta smiles and douses Haymitch's knife in white liquor from a bottle on the floor. He wipes the blade clean on his shirt tail and slices the bread. Peeta keeps all of us in fresh baked goods. I hunt. He bakes. Haymitch drinks. We have our own ways to stay busy, to keep thought of our time as contestants in the Hunger Games at bay.

Suzanne Collins
Knives, Games, White

Highly unlikely but not impossible.

Suzanne Collins
Impossible, Unlikely
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.42, Scholastic

One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me. I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.

Suzanne Collins
Letting Go, Boys, Hands
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.483, Scholastic Inc.

Sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

Suzanne Collins
Catching On, People, Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.32, Scholastic Inc.

He became my confidante, someone with whom I could share thoughts I could never voice...In exchange, he trusted me with his.

Suzanne Collins
Voice, Share, Trusted

All those months of taking it for granted that Peeta thought I was wonderful are over. Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it.

Suzanne Collins
Hate, Months, Wonderful
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.232, Scholastic Inc.

The air's warm with hopeful hints of spring in it. Spring would be a good time for an uprising, I think. Everyone feels less vulnerable once winter passes.

Suzanne Collins
Spring, Winter, Thinking
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.167, Scholastic Inc.

Stupid people are dangerous.

Suzanne Collins
Stupid, Stupid People, People
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.154, Scholastic Inc.

You’re not leaving me here alone,” I say. Because if he dies, I’ll never go home, not really. I’ll spend the rest of my life in this arena, trying to think my way out.

Suzanne Collins
Home, Thinking, Leaving
Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.343, Scholastic Inc.

Aim higher in case you fall short.

Suzanne Collins
Inspirational, Fall, Catching On
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.523, Scholastic Inc.

Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say. “I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror,” he says. “You should wake me,” I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down. “It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,” he says. “I'm okay once I realize you're here.

Suzanne Collins
Sleep, Thinking, Night

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.

what is the worst pain? To me, it's always the pain that is present.

Suzanne Collins
Pain, Worst
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.92, Scholastic

I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself.

Suzanne Collins
Hurt, Catching On, Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.253, Scholastic Inc.

We have to joke about it because the alternative is to be scared

Suzanne Collins
Alternatives, Scared, Jokes
Suzanne Collins (2012). “The Hunger Games (Movie tie-in)”, p.11, Scholastic UK

We had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss," says Plutarch. "While you live, the revolution lives.

Suzanne Collins
Katniss, Revolution, Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.981, Scholastic Inc.

Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there.

Suzanne Collins
People, Way, Kind
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.44, Scholastic Inc.

Fine. Somebody else can arrange to get the stupid goat knocked up.

Suzanne Collins
Stupid, Knocked Up, Goats
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.686, Scholastic Inc.

Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children's lives to settle its differences. You can spin it any way you like... But in the end, who does it benefit? No one. The truth is, it benefits no one to live in a world where these things happen

Suzanne Collins
Children, Sacrifice, Differences
Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1455, Scholastic Inc.

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