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I squint down at my feet and see that my metal plate is surrounded by blue waves that lap up over my boots. Slowly I raise my eyes and take in the water spreading out in every direction. I can only form one clear thought. This is no place for a girl on fire. (Suzanne Collins)
The questions are just beginning. The arenas have been completely destroyed, the memorials built, there are no more Hunger Games. But they teach about them at school, and the girl knows we played a role in them. The boy will know in a few years. View quote
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"When you're on the chariot this time, no waving, no smiling. I just want you to look straight ahead, as if the entire audience is beneath your notice.” "Finally something I'll be good at,” I say. View quote
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I thought I detected in you a sense of fair play. Most dangerous in the Underland, boy. View quote
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So, now that we're dead, what's our next move? View quote
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My Name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in The Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me. Peeta was taken prisoner. He is thought to be dead. Most likely he is dead. It is probably best if he is dead... View quote
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Hendrix says one of the most important things Battle Royale and The Hunger Games share is the idea of teenagers trapped in a ruined society, coerced by grownups into doing horrible things. View quote
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I wonder what Gale made of the incident for a moment and then I push the whole thing out of my mind becouse for some reason Gale and Peeta do not coexist well together in my thoughts. View quote
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BEWARE UNDERLANDERS, TIME HANGS BY A THREAD, THE HUNTERS ARE HUNTED, WHITE WATER RUNS RED. THE GNAWERS WILL STRIKE TO EXTINGUISH THE REST. THE HOPE OF THE HOPELESS RESIDES IN A QUEST. View quote
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And may the odds-" He tosses a berry in a high arc toward me. I catch it in my mouth and break the delicate skin with my teeth. The sweet tartness explodes across my tongue. "-be ever in your favor! View quote
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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)
Katniss, she's running this district. She can't do it if it seems like she's caving in to your will.” "You mean she can't stand any dissent, even if it's fair. View quote
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I refuse for this to be true. Some things even I can't survive. I utter my first words since my sister's death. "I don't believe you." Snow shakes his head in mock disappointment. "Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had agreed not to lie to each other." View quote
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She genuinely likes people. All people, not just a select few she's spent years making up her mind about. View quote
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I don't want to cry. Everyone will make note of my tears and I'll be marked as an easy target. A weakling. I will give no one that satisfaction. View quote
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If you hit bottom, there's a whole lot of people here to help you up. View quote
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And if we burn, you burn with us. View quote
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Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don't want to miss any of them. View quote
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It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman. View quote
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Because when he sings... even the birds stop to listen. View quote
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Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear. (Suzanne Collins)
Barbarism? That's ironic coming from a woman helping to prepare us for slaughter. And what's she basing our success on? Our table manners? View quote
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No, you won her over. Gave up everything for her. Maybe that's the only way to convince her you love her. View quote
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Oh, that I do know... Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without. View quote
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Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Strange things did happen here. No stranger would let it be if we met up At midnight in the hanging tree. View quote
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