The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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“District Twelve. Where you can starve to death in safety,”
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There’s never been anything romantic between Gale and me.
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He tells of the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America. He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land, the brutal war for what little sustenance remained.
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It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.
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District 1 makes luxury items for the Capitol.
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Katniss. The girl who was on fire.
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‘Well, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns to pearls!’”
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until President Snow gives it a twist and it separates into two halves. He places the first around Peeta’s brow with a smile. He’s still smiling when he settles the second on my head, but his eyes, just inches from mine, are as unforgiving as a snake’s.