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That's when I hear the scream. So full of fear and pain it ices my blood. And so familiar. I drop the spile, forget where I am or what lies ahead, only know I must reach her, protect her. I run wildly in the direction of the voice, heedless of danger, ripping through vines and branches, through anything that keeps me from reaching her. From reaching my little sister. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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Come to finish me off, Sweetheart? ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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It made me realize how I needed to stop punishing her for something she couldn't help [...] because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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Each time I wake,I think, At last, this is over, but it isn't. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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I'm so tired, Katniss. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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Then Octavia drops to her knees, rubs the hem of a skirt against her cheek, and burst into tears. "It's been so long," she gasps, "since I've seen anything pretty. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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Stay with me." As the tendrils of sleep syrup pull me down, I hear him whisper a word back, but I don't quite catch it. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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I'm on a frosting sailboat, tossed around by blue-green waves, the deck shifting beneath my feet. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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Katniss, got that spile?" Finnick asks, snapping me back to reality. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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Our rocky ledge overlooking the valley. Perhaps a little less green than usual, but the blackberry bushes hang heavy with fruit. Here began countless days of hunting and snaring, fishing and gathering, roaming together through the woods, unloading our thoughts while we filled our game bags. This was the doorway to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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