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And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me.Suzanne Collins
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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
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People of Panem, we fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice! ” There‘s dead silence on the set. It goes on. And on. Finally, the intercom crackles and Haymitch‘s acerbic laugh fills the studio. He contains himself just long enough to say, “And that, my friends, is how a revolution dies.Suzanne Collins
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He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television."" Are you and Beetee going?" I ask." As many young and attractive victors as possible, " Haymitch corrects himself. "So, no. We'll be here.Suzanne Collins
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My spirit. This is a new thought. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I'm a fighter. In a sort of brave way. It's not as if I'm never friendly. Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but i do care for some people.Suzanne Collins
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As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.Suzanne Collins
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But more words tumble out. '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.' Then I dive into my tent before I do something stupid like cry.Suzanne Collins
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Peeta" I said "Stay with me" I heard him say one word before the drigs pulled me under, I realised later that what he said was 'alwaysSuzanne Collins
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To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. Not even the ones holding betting slips, the ones who are usually beyond caring. Possibly because they know me from the Hob, or knew my father, or have encountered Prim, who no one could help loving. So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.Suzanne Collins
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I'm left with Haymitch in the rubble, wondering if Finnick’s fate would have one day been mine. Why not? Snow could have gotten a really good price for the girl on fire.Suzanne Collins
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I begin to fully understand the lengths to which people have gone to protect me. What I mean to the rebels. My on going struggle against the Capitol, which has so often felt like a solitary journey, has not been undertaken alone. I have had thousands upon thousands of people from the districts at my side. I was their Mockingjay long before I accepted the role.Suzanne Collins
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Let me go! ” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t, ” he says.Suzanne Collins