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You call that a kiss?

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You'd have thought we planned it," says Peeta, giving me just the hint of a smile."Didn't you?" asks Portia. Her fingers press her eyelids closed as i...more

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but it's not safe and I can feel him slipping away, so I just get out one more sentence. "Stay with me." As the tendrils of sleep syrup pull me down,...more

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Not like this. He wanted it to be real.

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Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

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Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel. "You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says.

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He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. And he chose solitude. Not solitude – that sounds too peaceful. More like solitary confinem...more

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I thought he wanted it, anyway," I say. "Not like this," Haymitch says. "He wanted it to be real.

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The beauty of this idea is that my decision to keep Peeta alive at the expense of my own life is itself an act of defiance. A refusal to play the Hung...more

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Stay with me.Always.

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Finally, the intercom crackles and Hatmitch's acerbic laugh fills the studio. He contains himself just long enough to say, 'And that, my friends, is h...more

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No problem," Gale replies. "I wake up ten times a night anyway.""To make sure Katniss is still here?" asks Peeta."Something like that,"..."That was fu...more

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He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television.""Are you and Beetee going?" I as...more

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I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good when really it's for there own good.

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I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have.