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The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games is a series of young adult dystopian novels written by American novelist Suzanne Collins. The series is set in The Hunger Games universe, and follows young Katniss Everdeen.

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“And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable.”

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“When I break into the clearing, she's on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has the time to reach her hand through the mesh and say my name before the spear enters her body.”

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“She has no idea. The effect she can have.”

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Peeta to Katniss (p. 325)
Variant: I think... you still have no idea. The effect you can have.
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (2010)

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“You're not going to die. I forbid it. All right?"

"All right," he whispers.”

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“The anguish I always feel when she's in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face.”

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“You can tell by the way the girls whisper about him when he walks by in school that they want him. It makes me jealous but not for the reason people would think. Good hunting partners are hard to find.”

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“Haymitch said you'd take a lot of convincing.”

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“for some reason Gale and Peeta do not coexist well in my thoughts.”

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Katniss, p. 186/187
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)
Context: I wonder what Gale made of the incident for a moment and then I push the whole thing out of my mind becouse for some reason Gale and Peeta do not coexist well together in my thoughts.

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“I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she's a survivor, and I trust her, and why not admit it? She reminds me of Prim.”

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“It’s the final word in camouflage. Forget chucking weights around. Peeta should have gone into his private session with the Gamemakers and painted himself into a tree. Or a boulder. Or a muddy bank full of weeds.”

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“Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
Forget your woes and let your troubles lay
And when again it's morning, they'll wash away.

Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm

The final lines are barely audible.

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.”

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Katniss Everdeen, Rue's song, p. 235
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)

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“Because… because… she came here with me.”

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“Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream.”

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“Not daring to flee since my general location has just been broadcast to any killer who cares. I mean, I know it's cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag.”

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“They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to me in the past!”

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“The pounding music, the cheers, the admiration work their way into my blood, and I can’t suppress my excitement. Cinna has given me a great advantage. No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.”

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“Remember, we're madly in love, so it‘s all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”

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Peeta Mellark, p. 253
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)

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“There's no point in comforting words, in telling her she'll be all right. She's no fool. Her hand reaches out and I clutch it like a lifeline. As if it's me who's dying instead of Rue.”

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“Somehow it always comes back to coal at school.”

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