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It had all looked pretty familiar. The bodies, the fear, the desperation. These things had always been here in the Overland, he supposed, but he had never really paid any attention to them until now. (Suzanne Collins)
He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown, leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this" - he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose - "distracting? View quote
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Betrayal. That's the first thing I feel, which is ludicrous. For there to be betrayal, there would have had to been trust first. View quote
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I remember everything about you," says Peeta, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear. "You're the one who wasn't paying attention. View quote
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I still stand by what I said. Do you want me to lie about it?' he asks. 'No, I want you to rethink it and come up with the right opinion,' I tell him. View quote
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Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it. View quote
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Whatever the opposite of fine is, that's what I am. View quote
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Peeta actually is charming and then utterly winning as the boy in love. And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna's hands, desirable by Peeta's confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable. View quote
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Fly you high. View quote
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Anything else?" Haymitch rises to go. "While I was waiting... I ate your lunch. View quote
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Twirl for me. (Suzanne Collins)
His face and arms are so artfully disguised as to be invisible. I kneel beside him. "I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off.” Peeta smiles. "Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying. View quote
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You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea and you always double knot your shoelaces.' I fight back. Then I dive back into my tent before I do something stupid like cry. View quote
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Run like the river. View quote
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I'm running on hate. View quote
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We could do it, you know," Gale says quietly. "What?" I ask. "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it," says Gale. I don't know how to respond. This idea is so preposterous. View quote
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the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong. View quote
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Stay with me." As the tendrils of sleep syrup pull me down, I hear him whisper a word back, but I don't quite catch it. View quote
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Oh, be quiet, Fo-Fo. View quote
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The girl on fire. View quote
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In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness. At least a rainbow gives you a tip about the weather. (Suzanne Collins)
I want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you. -Peeta Mellark. View quote
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Why... do you find this... distracting? View quote
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It's much easier, she realized, to be on the verge of something than to actually be it. View quote
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And right when your song ended I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner," Peeta says. "Then for the next eleven years, I tried to work up the nerve to talk to you. View quote
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