“You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers.
"Real," I answer. It seems to require more explanation. "Because that's what you and I do. Protect each other."”

—  Suzanne Collins, book Mockingjay

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

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American television writer and novelist 1962

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