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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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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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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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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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Katniss. I remember about the bread.

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You love me. Real or not real?"I tell him, "Real.

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Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded of...more

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But more words tumble out. 'You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you alway...more

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You have a... remarkable memory.""I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention.

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He hates me more," says Peeta. "I don't think people in general are his sort of thing.

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For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.