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I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me. -- Suzanne Collins
I don't think it's going to work out. Winning...won't help in any case. Because...she came here with me. - Peeta Mellark -- Suzanne Collins
No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta says. -- Suzanne Collins
Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own death. How do you side step that? -- Suzanne Collins
To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed. -- Suzanne Collins
I'm stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta. -- Suzanne Collins
Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart. -- Suzanne Collins
Peeta?" I creep along the bank. "Well, don't step on me. -- Suzanne Collins
Peeta bakes. I hunt. Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out. -- Suzanne Collins
And she's very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her -- Suzanne Collins
Peeta. Blut wie Regentropfen am Fenster. Wie feuchte Erde an den Stiefeln. -- Suzanne Collins
Look, if you wanted to be babied you should have asked Peeta. -- Suzanne Collins
for some reason Gale and Peeta do not coexist well in my thoughts. -- Suzanne Collins
Peeta smiles at me, sad and mocking. "Okay. Thanks for the tip, sweetheart. -- Suzanne Collins
I take Peeta's face in my hands. "Don't worry. I'll see you at midnight. -- Suzanne Collins
Sick and disoriented, I'm able to form only one thought: Peeta Mellark just saved my life. -- Suzanne Collins
Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams. -- Suzanne Collins
For me, it's better to wake up with a paintbrush than a knife in my hand. -Peeta -- Suzanne Collins
He hates me more," says Peeta. "I don't think people in general are his sort of thing. -- Suzanne Collins
Got it," I say. "Did you tell Peeta this?" "Don't have to," says Haymitch. "He's already there. -- Suzanne Collins
One of the fans had a poster that said, 'I'm a Peeta-file. That was probably the best one. -- Josh Hutcherson
So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck," says Peeta. -- Suzanne Collins
In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too. -- Suzanne Collins
Katniss: I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off. Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final defence of the dying. (252) -- Suzanne Collins
Our romance became a key strategy for our survival in the arena. Only it wasn't just a strategy for Peeta. -- Suzanne Collins
Here, cover yourself with this and I'll wash your shorts." "Oh, I don't care if you see me," says Peeta. -- Suzanne Collins
Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are. -- Suzanne Collins
You and me Haymitch.Very cozy.Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights sitting around the fire retelling old Hunger Games tale. -Peeta Mellark -- Suzanne Collins
What does this mean? It means I get to spend the morning having the hair ripped off my body while Peeta sleeps in. -- Suzanne Collins
So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends. - Peeta Mellark -- Suzanne Collins
And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna's hands, desirable by Peeta's confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable. -- Suzanne Collins
You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it must look like a grimace. Peeta's alive. -- Suzanne Collins
Whose is it, do you think?" I say finally. "No telling," says Finnick. "Why don't we let Peeta claim it, since he died today? -- Suzanne Collins
Katniss?" Peeta says. I meet his eyes, knowing my face must be some shade of green. He mouths the words. "How about that kiss? -- Suzanne Collins
If you'd been taken by the Capital and hijacked and then tried to kill Peeta, is this the way he would be treating you? -- Suzanne Collins
Making knots. Making knots. No word. Making knots. Tick-tock. This is a clock. Do not think of Gale. Do not think of Peeta. Making knots. -- Suzanne Collins
We sit in silence awhile then I blurt out the thing that's on both our minds. "How are we going to kill these people, Peeta? -- Suzanne Collins
What do you think?" I whisper to Peeta. "About the fire?" "I'll rip off your cape if you'll rip off mine," he says through gritted teeth. -- Suzanne Collins
Since Mags seems to have no ill effects from the nuts, Peeta collects bunches of them and fries them by bouncing them off the force field. -- Suzanne Collins
Delly lost her temper at Peeta over how he treated you. She got very squeaky. It was like someone stabbing a mouse with a fork repeatedly. -- Suzanne Collins
There's a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to you. Don't give up on him. -- Suzanne Collins
Peeta looks me right in the eye and gives my hand what I think is meant to be a reassuring squeeze. Maybe it's just a nervous spasm. -- Suzanne Collins
Peeta" I said "Stay with me" I heard him say one word before the drigs pulled me under, I realised later that what he said was 'always -- Suzanne Collins
Peeta: You be nice to her, Finnick. Or I might try and take her away from you. Finnick: Oh, Peeta. Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart. -- Suzanne Collins
I cover my face with my arms because this isn't happening. It isn't possible. For someone to make Peeta forget he loves me . . . no one can do that. -- Suzanne Collins
He hasn't accepted his death. He is already fighting hard to stay alive. Which also means that kind Peeta Mellark, the boy who gave me bread, is fighting hard to kill me. -- Suzanne Collins
So I only say, "So what should we do with our last few days?" "I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you," Peeta replies. -- Suzanne Collins
But what was it Haymitch said when I asked if he had told Peeta the situation? That he had to pretend to be desperately in love? "Don't have to. He's already there. -- Suzanne Collins
I play Peeta. That's his name. It was given to him by his parents. He comes from a long line of bread. His sister is Rye. And his brother is Whole Wheat. -- Josh Hutcherson
I turn and put my lips close to Peeta's and drop my eyelids in imitation... "He offered me sugar and wanted to know all my secrets," I say in my best seductive voice. -- Suzanne Collins
I pull an arrow, whip the notch into place, and am about to let it fly when I'm stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta. And it's so bizarre, even for Finnick. -- Suzanne Collins
Jackson has devised a game called "Real or Not Real" to help Peeta. He mentions something he thinks happened, and they tell him if it's true or imagined, usually followed by a brief explanation. -- Suzanne Collins
That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. "Only not to us. -- Suzanne Collins
I wish Peeta were here to hold me, until I remember I'm not supposed to wish that anymore. I have chosen Gale and the rebellion, and a future with Peeta is the Capitol's design, not mine. -- Suzanne Collins
My name is Katniss Everdeen. My home is District Twelve. Peeta was taken prisoner. He is thought to be dead. Most likely is dead. It would probably be best if he were dead... - Katniss EverdeenS -- Suzanne Collins
I poke around in the pile, about to settle on some cod chowder, when Peeta holds out a can to me. "Here." I take it, not knowing what to expect. The label reads LAMB STEW. -- Suzanne Collins
All those months of taking it for granted that Peeta thought I was wonderful are over. Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it. -- Suzanne Collins
Katniss, I don't think President Snow will kill Peeta. If he does, he won't have any way to hurt you." "So, what do you think they'll do to him?" I ask. "Whatever it takes to break you. -- Suzanne Collins
I don't know what I expected from my first meeting with Peeta after the announcement. A few hugs and kisses. A little comfort maybe. Not this. I turn to Haymitch. "Don't worry, I'll get you more liquor. -- Suzanne Collins
Yeah, about that," says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. "Don't try something like that again." "Or what?" I ask. "Or . . . or . . ." He can't think of anything good. "Just give me a minute. -- Suzanne Collins
It's the final word in camouflage. Forget chucking weights around. Peeta should have gone into his private session with the Gamemakers and painted himself into a tree. Or a boulder. Or a muddy bank full of weeds. -- Suzanne Collins
Despite what I feel for Peeta, this is when I accept deep down that he'll never come back to me. Or i'll never go back to him. I'll die for my trouble. And he'll die insane and hating me. -- Suzanne Collins
I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?' I turn into him. 'Put you somewhere you can't get hurt. -- Suzanne Collins
Why don't I just pretend I'm on camera, Plutarch?" I say. "Yes! Perfect. One is always much braver with an audience," he says. "Look at the courage Peeta just displayed!" It's all I can do not to slap him. -- Suzanne Collins
I never really read a character before that I connected with more than Peeta. So, for me, if I couldn't get that job I was like, 'Well, if I can't play practically myself in a movie, what can I play? -- Josh Hutcherson
I knew it. In this way, Peeta's not hard to predict. While I was wallowing around on the floor of that cellar, thinking only of myself, he was here, thinking of me. Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel. -- Suzanne Collins
Hey, Effie, watch this!" says Peeta. He tosses his fork over his shoulder and literally licks his plate clean whit his tongue making loud, satisfied sounds. Then he blows a kiss out to her in general and calls, "We miss you, Effie! -- Suzanne Collins
Well, I knew that goat would be a little gold mine," I say. Yes, of course I was referring to that, not the lasting joy you gave your sister you love so much you took her place in the reaping," says Peeta drily. -- Suzanne Collins
My mind was blown by how much I felt I was like Peeta. We shot in the forest near Asheville, North Carolina-a lot of fight scenes, very physically demanding. Jennifer and I totally hit it off. We're both crazy people-we don't hold anything back. -- Josh Hutcherson
Tomorrow's a hunting day," I say. "I won't be much of a help with that," Peeta says. "I've never hunted before." "I'll kill and you cook," I say. "And you can always gather." "I wish there was some sort of bread bush out there," says Peeta. -- Suzanne Collins
Peeta, you were supposed to wake me after a couple of hours," I say. "For what? Nothing's going on here," he says. "Besides, I like watching you sleep. You don't scowl. Improves your looks a lot." This, of course, brings on a scowl that makes him grin. -- Suzanne Collins
Katniss: 'What about you? Ive seen you in the market. You can lift hundred pound bags of flour'. I snap at him Tell him that. Thats not nothing. Peeta: Yes and Im sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people. -- Suzanne Collins
A furious Peeta hammers Haymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch watching me. This is the moment, then. When we find out exactly just how alike we are, and how much he truly understands me. "I'm with the Mockingjay," he says. -- Suzanne Collins
Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt. Neighbor. Hunter. Tribute. Ally. I'll add it to the list of words I use to try to figure you out. The problem is, I can't tell what's real anymore, and what's made up. -- Suzanne Collins
That's right. Who am I thinking of? Oh, I know. It's Cinna who likes you. But that's mainly because you didn't try to run when he set you on fire," says Peeta. "On the other hand, Haymitch... well, if I were you, I'd avoid Haymitch completely. He hates you. -- Suzanne Collins
I must have loved you a lot. -- Suzanne Collins
You here to finish me off, Sweetheart? -- Suzanne Collins
Because...because...she came here with me. -- Suzanne Collins
I'm more than just a piece in their Games. -- Suzanne Collins
You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real. -- Suzanne Collins
I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have. -- Suzanne Collins
They don't own me. If I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me. -- Suzanne Collins
I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever. -- Suzanne Collins
Embrace the probability of your imminent death....and know there is nothing i can do to save you. -- Suzanne Collins
You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers. "Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other. -- Suzanne Collins
And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me. -- Suzanne Collins
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 always double-knot your shoelaces. -- Suzanne Collins
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 off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena. -- Suzanne Collins
One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me. I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go. -- Suzanne Collins
So that day, in music assembly, the teacher asked who knew the valley song. Your hand shot right up in the air. She stood you up on a stool and had you sing it for us. And I swear, every bird outside the windows fell silent...and right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner. -- Suzanne Collins
And while I was talking, the idea of actually losing Peeta hit me again and I realized how much I don't want him to die. And it's not about the sponsors. And it's not about what will happen when we get home. And it's not just that I don't want to be alone. It's him. I do not want to lose the boy with the bread. -- Suzanne Collins

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