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Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay is a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is the last installment of The Hunger Games, following 2008's The Hunger Games and 2009's Catching Fire. The book continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, who agrees to unify the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical Capitol.

“Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice.”

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“I'm running on hate.”

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“Fire beats roses again.”

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“In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too.”

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“Slowly, with many lost days, I come back to life.”

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“I squeeze my eyes shut and try to reach for him across the hundreds and hundreds of miles, to send my thoughts into his mind, to let him know he is not alone. But he is. And I can't help him.”

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“Delly lost her temper at Peeta over how he treated you. She got very squeaky. It was like someone stabbing a mouse with a fork repeatedly.”

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“My sleep wasn't peaceful, though. I have the sense of emerging from a world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone.”

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“Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.”

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“What? My head doctor says I'm not supposed to censor my thoughts. It's part of my therapy.”

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“I guess there isn’t a rule book for what might be unacceptable to do to another human being.”

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“Why don't I just pretend I'm on camera, Plutarch?" I say.
"Yes! Perfect. One is always much braver with an audience," he says. "Look at the courage Peeta just displayed!"
It's all I can do not to slap him.”

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“I vote yes…. for Prim.”

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“For a second, I'm afraid he's dying. I have to remind myself that I don't care.”

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“He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to.”

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“Some walks you have to take alone.”

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“But some secrets are too delicious not to share.”

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“There's a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to you. Don't give up on him.”

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“Trapped for days, years, centuries maybe. Dead, but not allowed to die. Alive, but as good as dead.”

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Variant: Dead, but not allowed to die. Alive, but as good as dead.
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“Not if we blow it up," Gale says brusquely. His intent, his full intent, becomes clear. Gale has no interest in preserving the lives of those in the Nut. No interest in caging the pray for later use.
This is one of his death traps.”

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