It seems only yesterday I used to believe
there was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me I could shine.


Billy Collins

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Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
Forget your woes and...
SUZANNE COLLINS
What about Gale?"
"He's not a bad kisser either," I say shortly.
"And it was okay with bo...
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Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.
SUZANNE COLLINS
There's a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to y...
SUZANNE COLLINS
But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a...
SUZANNE COLLINS
At a few minutes before four, Peeta turns to me again. "Your favorite colour . . . it's green?"
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She's not here," I tell him. Buttercup hisses again. "She's not here. You can hiss all you like. You...
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I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink i...
SUZANNE COLLINS
They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.
SUZANNE COLLINS
That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire ...
SUZANNE COLLINS
Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.
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I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have.
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I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.
SUZANNE COLLINS
Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Es...
SUZANNE COLLINS
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me.
Stra...
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Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt...
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I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me."
His pupils contract to pinpoints, dial...
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There are much worse games to play.
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Some walks you have to take alone.
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You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in y...
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