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"Maybe not that long," says Peeta." what was th...
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Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.
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Why don't I just pretend I'm on camera, Plutarch?" I say.
"Yes! Perfect. One is always much bra...
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You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me.
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Still, I hate them. But, of course, I hate almost everybody now. Myself more than anyone.
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It's meant to be pretty," whispers Octavia, and I can see the tears threatening to spill over her la...
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While I was waiting...I ate your lunch.
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Katniss: I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off.
Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final def...
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Katniss: I’m coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home.
P...
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Yeah, about that,” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that a...
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The raw hunk of meat that used to be my enemy makes a sound, and I know where the mouth is. And I th...
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Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real.
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But I don't know what to him about the aftermath of killing a person. About how they never leave you...
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The mayor finishes the dreary Treaty of Treason and motions for Peeta and me to shake hands. His are...
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She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in ...
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When I break into the clearing, she's on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has the...
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But I feel as if I did know Rue, and she'll always be with me. Everything beautiful brings her to mi...
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Peeta's awake already, sitting on the side of the bed, looking bewildered as the trio of doctors rea...
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He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’...
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But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?"

"Yea...
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Peeta, you were supposed to wake me after a couple of hours," I say.

"For what? Nothing's...
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It's impossible to be the Mockingjay. Impossible to complete even this one sentence. Because now I k...
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If Peeta and I were both to die, or they thought we were....My fingers fumble with the pouch on my b...
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Y de repente es cómo si no existiera nadie más en el mundo que estas dos personas que atraviesan e...
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Don't you see, Katniss, this will decide things. One way or the other. By the end of the day, they'l...
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Lucky thing were allies, right?
-Finnick Odair
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I can hear him weeping but I don't care. They probably won't even bother to question her, she's so f...
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I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best."

Well, there's no good resp...
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Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say.
"It must b...
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Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?" I ask. "No." A long time passes before he adds, "She crept ...
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I don't know what it is with Finnick and bread, but he seems obsessed with handling it.
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Do you find this...distracting?
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Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you nee...
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Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice.
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And if we burn, you burn with us.
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