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21 " Floating on my back, as I am now, "
― Suzanne Collins , The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3)
22 " Maybe they were onto something in Six. Drug yourself out and paint flowers on your body. Not such a bad life. Seemed happier than the rest of us, anyway. "
23 " Happy Hunger Games!” He plucks a few blackberries from the bushes around us. “And may the odds —” He tosses a berry in a high arc toward me. "
24 " Saber apreciar la belleza no es lo mismo que sentir debilidad —señala Peeta—. Salvo quizá en lo que respecta a ti. — "
25 " People took sides in the argument, but I took the goat. "
26 " 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 confinement. "
27 " somos los trágicos amantes del Distrito 12, los que han sufrido tanto y han disfrutado tan poco de la recompensa de su victoria, los que no buscan el favor de los admiradores, ni los agasajan con sonrisas, ni aceptan sus besos. No perdonamos. Y me encanta. Por fin soy yo misma. "
28 " So cold, so bitterly cold tonight. As if the Gamemakers have sent an infusion of frozen air across the arena, which may be exactly what they’ve done. I lie next to Peeta in the bag, trying to absorb every bit of his fever heat. It’s strange to be so physically close to someone who’s so distant. Peeta might as well be back in the Capitol, or in District 12, or on the moon right now, he’d be no harder to reach. I’ve never felt lonelier since the Games began "
29 " Wait until I’m in the arena and sic starving wild animals on me. "
30 " Hearing this makes me feel like District 12 is some sort of safe haven. Of course, people keel over from starvation all the time, but I can’t imagine the Peacekeepers murdering a simpleminded child. There’s a little girl, one of Greasy Sae’s grandkids, who wanders around the Hob. She’s not quite right, but she’s treated as a sort of pet. People toss her scraps and things "
31 " No hace falta, mis pesadillas suelen ser sobre perderte, así que se me pasa cuando me doy cuenta de que estás a mi lado. "
32 " One man in a fluffy robe holds only an overripe banana. "
33 " Hey, Haymitch, if you’re not too drunk, we could use a little something for our skin.” It’s almost funny how quickly the parachute appears above me. "
34 " Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch — this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen. "
35 " But the apples must have set off enough mines, causing debris to activate the others. "
36 " I bet my buttons "
37 " That’s when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I’ve seen someone do. It’s like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years. But there are much worse games to play. "
38 " She snags Gale, who’s in a conversation with Plutarch, and spins him toward us. “Isn’t he handsome?” Gale does look striking in the uniform, I guess. But the question just embarrasses us both, given our history. I’m trying to think of a witty comeback, when Boggs says brusquely, “Well, don’t expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.” I decide to go ahead and like Boggs. "
39 " —Damas y caballeros, ¡que empiecen los Septuagésimo Quintos Juegos del Hambre! "
40 " You can’t,” says Peeta. He holds out his hand into seemingly empty space. There’s a sharp zap and he jerks it back. “Some kind of electric field throws you back on the roof.” “Always worried about our safety,” I say. Even though Cinna has shown Peeta the roof, I wonder if we’re supposed to be up here now, so late and alone. I’ve never seen tributes on the Training Center roof before. But that doesn’t mean we’re not being taped. “Do you think they’re watching us now?” “Maybe,” he admits. “Come see the garden.” On the other side of the "