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“I don't want to lose the boy with the bread.”

Peeta and Katniss (p. 302)
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (2010)

“What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.”

Variant: I have kept track of the boy with the bread.
Source: The Hunger Games

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

Katniss and Peeta (p. 388; closing words of the main text)
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (2010)
Context: I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that.
So after, when he whispers, "You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real."

“I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?' I turn into him. 'Put you somewhere you can't get hurt.”

Source: Catching Fire

“He looks at my hand. “So it’s you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.””

Source: The Hunger Games

“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.”

Haymitch to Katniss, p. 384
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire (2009)

“I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.”

Source: The Hunger Games

“Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.”

Source: Catching Fire

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

Source: The Hunger Games

“I must have loved you a lot.”

Source: Catching Fire

“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.”

Source: Mockingjay

“Some walks you have to take alone.”

Source: Mockingjay

“It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman.”

Source: Mockingjay

“There are much worse games to play.”

Cinna to Katniss Everdeen, p. 67
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)
Context: "I want the audience to recognize you when you're in the arena," says Cinna dreamily. "Katniss, the girl who was on fire."
It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman.

“I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me."
His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs.”

Source: Mockingjay

“The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion.”

Source: Mockingjay

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

Source: Catching Fire