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01c. 1962 AD

May the odds be ever in your favor ~ Effie Trinket

Suzanne Collins / quote

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02c. 1962 AD

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.

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03c. 1962 AD

I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have.

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04c. 1962 AD

That should have been my strategy! By the time I’ve worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I’m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range.

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05c. 1962 AD

Do you want me to have them sedate you until it's over?

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06c. 1962 AD

I'm running on hate.

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07c. 1962 AD

Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are.

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08c. 1962 AD

I find myself focusing up at the sky — the only roof left — because too many memories are drowning me.

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09c. 1962 AD

In my mind, President Snow should be viewed in front of marble pillars hung with oversized flags. It's jarring to see him surrounded by the ordinary objects in the room. Like taking the lid off a pot and finding a fanged viper instead of stew.

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10c. 1962 AD

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 'always

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11c. 1962 AD

No more fear of hunger. A new kind of freedom. But what then ... what? What would my life be like on a daily basis? Most of it has been consumed with the acquisition of food. Take that away and I'm not really sure who I am, what my identity is. The idea scares me some.

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12c. 1962 AD

I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.

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13c. 1962 AD

We are what no one wants to miss at the party. I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.

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14c. 1962 AD

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.

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15c. 1962 AD

the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.

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16c. 1962 AD

I look coolly in to the blue eyes of the person who is now my greatest opponent, the person who would keep me alive at his own expense. And I promise myself I will defeat his plan.

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17c. 1962 AD

It's to the Capitol's advantage to have us divided among ourselves.Another tool to cause misery in our district. A way to plant hatred between the starving workers [of the Seam] and those who can generally count on supper and thereby ensure we will never trust one another.

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18c. 1962 AD

Something is significantly wrong with the creature that sacrifices its children's lives in order to settle its differences.

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19c. 1962 AD

I miss him so badly it hurts.

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20c. 1962 AD

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

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21c. 1962 AD

And it’s all my fault, Gale. Because of what I did in the arena. If I had just killed myself with those berries, none of this would’ve happened. Peeta could have come home and lived, and everyone else would have been safe, too.”“Safe to do what?” he says in a gentler tone. “Starve? Work like slaves? Send their kids to the reaping? You haven’t hurt people – you’ve given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it.

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22c. 1962 AD

He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. And he chose solitude. Not solitude – that sounds too peaceful. More like solitary confinement.

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23c. 1962 AD

But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise.

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24c. 1962 AD

I had to do that. At least once.

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