“"Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to…to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games," says Peeta.”

—  Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

Peeta Mellark to Katniss Everdeen, p. 142
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)

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