Peeta Quotes

• No one really needs me," he says, and there is no self-pity in his voice. It's true his family doesn't need him. They will mourn him, as will a handful of friends. But they will get on. Even Haymitch, with the help of a lot of white liquor, will get on. I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me. "I do," I say. "I need you.

  Suzanne Collins

  Voice, White, Self

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• I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

  Suzanne Collins

  Games, Pieces, Hunger

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.137, Scholastic Inc.

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• The problem is, I can’t tell what’s real anymore, and what’s made up.

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  Real, Problem, Made

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.270, Scholastic Inc.

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• No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta says.

  Suzanne Collins

  Mother, Song, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.301, Scholastic Inc.

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• So, here’s what you do. You win, you go home. She can’t turn you down then, eh?” says Caesar encouragingly. “I don’t think it’s going to work out. Winning…won’t help in my case,” says Peeta. “Why ever not?” says Caesar, mystified. Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. “Because…because…she came here with me.

  Suzanne Collins

  Home, Winning, Thinking

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.125, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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

  Love, Smile, Sweet

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.67, Scholastic Inc.

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• Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams.

  Suzanne Collins

  Cells, Scream, Familiar

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.241, Scholastic Inc.

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• Katniss. I remember about the bread.

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Bread, Remember

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.230, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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

  Catching Fire, Want, Lasts

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.797, Scholastic Inc.

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• Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.

  Suzanne Collins

  Sorry, Heart, Mockingjay Book

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.191, Scholastic

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• I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I yank my head back in confusion to find myself looking into Peeta’s eyes, only now they hold my gaze. Blood runs from the teeth marks on the hand he clamped over my nightlock. “Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t,” he says.

  Suzanne Collins

  Running, Rip, Eye

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• For me, it's better to wake up with a paintbrush than a knife in my hand. -Peeta

  Suzanne Collins

  Hands, Knives, Wake Up

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• Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t,” he says.

  Suzanne Collins

  Trying, Arms, Let Me Go

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.373, Scholastic Inc.

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• I can't help comparing what I have with Gale to what I'm pretending to have with Peeta. How I never question Gale's motives while I do nothing but doubt the latter's. It's not a fair comparison really. 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 sidestep that?

  Suzanne Collins

  Mean, Doubt, Survival

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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

  Love, Hurt, Romance

  Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.368, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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

  Mean, Katniss, Survival

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.

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• I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm jolted back in time, to another wound, another set of bandages. "You said that same thing to me in the first Hunger Games. Real or not real?" "Real," he says. "And you risked your life getting the medicine that saved me?" "Real." I shrug. "You were the reason I was alive to do it.

  Suzanne Collins

  Mother, Real, Medicine

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.321, Scholastic Inc.

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• What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.

  Suzanne Collins

  Love, Spring, Inspiration

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.388, Scholastic Inc.

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• Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say. “I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror,” he says. “You should wake me,” I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down. “It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,” he says. “I'm okay once I realize you're here.

  Suzanne Collins

  Sleep, Thinking, Night

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• Embrace the probability of your imminent death....and know there is nothing i can do to save you.

  Suzanne Collins

  Hunger, Embrace, Imminent Death

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• Oh, that I do know...Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.

  Suzanne Collins

  Thinking, Katniss, Mockingjay Book

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• My lips are just forming his name when his fingers lock around my throat.

  Suzanne Collins

  Names, Locks, Lips

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1209, Scholastic Inc.

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• Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.

  Suzanne Collins

  Music, Bird

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.394, Scholastic Inc.

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• Maybe I'll be like the man in the Hanging Tree still waiting for an answer.' Gale who I have never seen cry has tears in his eyes. To keep them from spilling over. I reach forward and press my lips against his. We taste of heat, ashes and misery.

  Suzanne Collins

  Eye, Men, Tree

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.130, Scholastic Inc.

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• There are much worse games to play.

  Suzanne Collins

  Games, Play, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.786, Scholastic UK

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