Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games (2008)

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You're not going to die. I forbid it. All right?" "All right," he whispers.

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But in school I remember hearing that for the second Quarter Quell, the Capitol demanded that twice the number of tributes be provided for the arena. The teachers didn't go into much more detail, which is surprising, because that was the year District 12's very own Haymitch Abernathy won the crown.

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My words hang in the air. I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through the crowd. Instead I watch myself get shot on television.

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I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm jolted back in time, to another wound, another set of bandages. "You said that same thing to me in the first Hunger Games. Real or not real?" "Real," he says. "And you risked your life getting the medicine that saved me?" "Real." I shrug. "You were the reason I was alive to do it.

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You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers. "Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.

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It's lovely. If only you could frost someone to death." "Don't be so superior. You can never tell what you will find in the arena. Say it's a gigantic cake-

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Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Strange things did happen here. No stranger would let it be if we met up At midnight in the hanging tree.

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At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.

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I don't stand a chance if he doesn't get better. You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me. The way I always felt wrong kissing him because of you, I say. Gale holds my gaze. If I thought that was true, I could almost live with the rest of it.

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I notice her blouse has pulled out of her skirt in the back again and force myself to stay calm. "Tuck your tail in, little duck," I say, smoothing the blouse back in place. Prim giggles and give me a small "Quack." "Quack yourself," I say with a light laugh. The kind only Prim can draw out of me.

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I look at Peeta and he gives me a sad smile. I hear Haymitch's voice. "You could do a lot worse." At this moment, it's impossible to imagine how I could do any better. The gift...it is perfect. So when I rise up on my tiptoe to kiss him, it doesn't seem forced at all.

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It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.

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Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.

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I cover my face with my arms because this isn't happening. It isn't possible. For someone to make Peeta forget he loves me... no one can do that.

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I do plan on saying one or two things to him when we're allowed an hour for goodbyes. To let him know how essential he's been to me all these years. How better my life has been for knowing him." -Katniss Everdeen

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Something keeps me moving forward, though. A lifetime of watching the Hunger Games lets me know that certain areas of the arena are rigged for certain attacks. And that if I can just get away from this section, I might be able to move out of reach of the launchers. I might also then fall straight into a pit of vipers, but I can't worry about that now.

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This perplexing, good natured boy who can spin out lies so convincingly to be hopelessly in love with me... and I admit it there are moments when he makes me believe it myself.

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Maybe... because for the first time... there was a chance I could keep him, I say. So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me? Put you somewhere you can't get hurt. And when he kisses me, people in the room actually sigh.

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Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does.

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But the only thing that distracts me from my current situation is fantasizing about killing President Snow.

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I pound on the glass, screaming my head off. Everyone ignores me except for some Capitol attendant who appears behind me and offers me a beverage.

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But there was only one kiss that made me feel something stir deep inside. Only one that made me want more. But my head wound started bleeding and he made me lie down.

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I walk around the room eating goose liver and puffy bread until there's a knock on the door. Effie's calling me to dinner. Good. I'm starving.

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Well, I don't have much competition here." "You don't have much competition anywhere.

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And she's very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her

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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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Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes, and when again they open, the sun will rise.

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I reach for Prim in the twilight, clamp my hand on her leg and pull myself over to her. Her voice remains steady as she croons to Buttercup. "It's all right, baby, it's all right. We'll be OK down there." My mother wraps her arms around us. I allow myself to feel young for a moment and rest my head on her shoulder.

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Obviously this person's a hazard. Stupid people are dangerous.

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The sensation inside me grows warmer and spreads out from my chest down through my body out along my arms and legs to the tips of my being. Instead of satisfying me the kisses have the opposite effect of making my need greater.

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