Best Haymitch Quotes

#1. Make sure they remember you.

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#2. 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.

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#3. Haymitch shrugs. Peeta has asked to be coached separately.

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#4. Not like this. He wanted it to be real.

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#5. Yeah, we wouldn't want to lose our little Mockingjay when she's finally begun to sing.

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#6. You call that a kiss?

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#7. When I ask Plutarch about his absence, he just shakes his head and says, "He couldnt face it."
"Haymitch? Not able to face something? Wanted a day off, more likely," I say.
"I think his actual words were 'I couldn't face it without a bottle,'" says Plutarch.

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#8. Got it," I say. "Did you tell Peeta this?"
"Don't have to," says Haymitch. "He's already there.

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#9. So Haymitch, what do you think of the games have one hundred percent more competitors than usual?" asks Caesar.
Haymitch shrugs. "I don't see that it makes that much difference. They'll still be one hundred percent as stupid as usual, so I figure my odds will be roughly the same.

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#10. Anything else?"
Haymitch rises to go. "While I was waiting ... I ate your lunch.

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#11. No, Finnick repeats. 'Because whatever happened in the past is the past. And no one in this arena was a victor by chance.' He eyes Peeta for a moment. 'Except maybe Peeta.'
Finnick knows then what Haymitch and I know. About Peeta. Being truly, deep-down better than the rest of us.

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#12. You never get off this train.

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#13. Hey, Haymitch, if you're not too drunk, we could use a little something for our skin. It's

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#14. I'm left with Haymitch in the rubble, wondering if Finnick's fate would have one day been mine. Why not? Snow could have gotten a really good price for the girl on fire.

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#15. But there's nothing up there but the wounded!" I say. "Katniss" I hear the warning note in Haymitch's voice and know what's coming. Don't you even think about-!" I yank the earpiece free and let it hang from its wire.

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