Top 100 Quotes About Peeta
#1. 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
#2. 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
#3. 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
#6. there's only one future, if I want to keep those I love alive and stay alive myself. I'll have to marry Peeta.
Suzanne Collins
#7. But it's not safe and I can feel him slipping away, so I just get out one more sentence. "Stay with me."
As the tendrils of sleep syrup pull me down, I hear him whisper a word back but I don't catch it.
Suzanne Collins
#8. Peeta. How Foxface stole the food from the supply pile before I blew it up, how she tried to take enough to stay alive but not enough that anyone would notice it, how she wouldn't
Suzanne Collins
#9. 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
#10. 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
#11. In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too.
Suzanne Collins
#12. 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
#13. Only I keep wishing I could think of a way ... to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games.
Suzanne Collins
#14. 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?
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#15. Even if the rebel forces could somehow overthrow the Capitol, you can be sure President Snow's last act would be to cut Peeta's throat. No. I will never get him back. So then dead is best.
Suzanne Collins
#16. 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
#17. 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
#18. For me, in the third book, when Peeta gets brainwashed by the Capitol, that's going to be fun to play. The rest of the time he's very much into Katniss, and for that to get turned around and to play it the other way, that's going to be very exciting.
Josh Hutcherson
#19. Stay with me. As the tendrils of sleep syrup pull me down, I hear him whisper a word back, but I don't quite catch it.
Suzanne Collins
#20. 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
#21. 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
#22. I think ... you still have no idea. The effect you can have.
Suzanne Collins
#24. Haymitch shrugs. Peeta has asked to be coached separately.
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#26. For some reason Gale and Peeta do not coexist well in my thoughts.
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#27. Do it. Before they send those mutts back or something. I don't want to die like Cato," he says.
"Then you shoot me," I say furiously, shoving the weapons back at him. "You shoot me and go home and live with it!" And as I say it, I know death right here, right now would be the easier of the two.
Suzanne Collins
#28. 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
#29. A place like the meadow in the song I sang to Rue as she died. Where Peeta's child could be safe.
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#30. 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
#31. You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done anything normal together.
Suzanne Collins
#32. I thought he wanted it, anyway," I say.
"Not like this," Haymitch says. "He wanted it to be real.
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#33. Johanna, frankly, I could easily kill if it came down to protecting Peeta. Or maybe even just to shut her up. What
Suzanne Collins
#35. You and me Haymitch.Very cozy.Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights sitting around the fire retelling old Hunger Games tale.
-Peeta Mellark
Suzanne Collins
#38. Peeta rolls his eyes at Haymitch. "She has no idea. The effect she can have."
He runs his fingernail along the wood grain in the table, refusing to look at me.
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#40. You have a ... remarkable memory."
"I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention.
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#41. I'm not Team Gale or Team Peeta. I'm Team Katniss ... the core story in the Hunger Games trilogy has less to do with who Katniss ends up with and more to do with who she is - because sometimes, in books and in life, it's not about the romance.
Sometimes, it's about the girl.
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
#42. Here, cover yourself with this and I'll wash your shorts."
"Oh, I don't care if you see me," says Peeta.
Suzanne Collins
#43. Any last words of advice?" Peeta asks. "Stay alive," Haymitch says gruffly. That's
Suzanne Collins
#44. 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
#45. 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
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#47. Peeta looks at the glass again and puts it together. "You mean this will make me puke?" My prep team laughs hysterically. "Of course, so you can keep eating," says Octavia. "I've been in there twice already. Everyone does it, or else how would you have any fun at a feast?
Suzanne Collins
#48. 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
#49. So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck, says Peeta.
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#50. Katniss?" Peeta says. I meet his eyes, knowing my face must be some shade of green. He mouths the words. "How about that kiss?
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#51. And she's very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her
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#52. 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
#53. 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
#54. Getting the broth into Peeta takes an hour of coaxing, begging, threatening, and yes, kissing,
Suzanne Collins
#55. Fess up, 'Hunger Games' fans: Does anyone care about Peeta or find him attractive? He's the Ron Weasley of the series: he gets points for callow valor and sympathy for his run of bad luck, but he remains a pasty, earnest bore.
Richard Corliss
#56. Lady licking Prim's cheek. My father's laugh. Peeta's father with the cookies. The color of Finnick's eyes. What Cinna could do with a length of silk. Boggs reprogramming the Holo. Rue poised on her toes, arms slightly extended,like a bird about to take flight.
Suzanne Collins
#57. 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
#59. Only one without a weapon is Peeta, but anyone whispering my name with a bunch of mutts doesn't need one anyway. We leave the room free of everything but our scent. There's no way to erase that at the moment. I'm guessing that's how the hissing things are tracking us,
Suzanne Collins
#61. By the way, I know about the kiss. Then the door clicks shut behind him.
Suzanne Collins
#62. The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. So Peeta begins pointing it out to me, insisting I acknowledge its progress and sometimes, for just a moment I feel a flicker of hope before the agony of the night engulfs me again.
Suzanne Collins
#63. Yes, they have to have a victor. Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up in the Gamemakers' faces. They'd have failed the Capitol. Might possibly even be executed, slowly and painfully, while the cameras broadcast it to every screen in the country.
Suzanne Collins
#64. To their terror when they saw the reality of twenty-four tributes circled together, knowing only one could live? Haymitch and Peeta come in, bid me good
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#65. I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best.
Well, there's no good response to that. I can hardly dispute it since I was walking around with a syringe to kill Peeta when I found them. Do I really want him dead? What I want ... what I want is to have him back.
Suzanne Collins
#66. I drink in his wholeness, the soudness of his body and mind. It runs through me like the morphling they give me in the hospital, dulling the pain of the last weeks.
Suzanne Collins
#67. 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
#68. I think those that are holier-than-thou don't make jokes. They take themselves too seriously and Peeta doesn't take himself too seriously. This is what I believe in and I'm comfortable with that and I can make a joke here and there.
Josh Hutcherson
#69. Then Octavia drops to her knees, rubs the hem of a skirt against her cheek, and burst into tears. "It's been so long," she gasps, "since I've seen anything pretty.
Suzanne Collins
#70. 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
#71. 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.
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#72. I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.
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#73. Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present the victors of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark! I give you - the tributes of District Twelve!
Suzanne Collins
#74. Peeta and Finnick and I position ourselves in a triangle, a few yards apart, our backs to one another. My
Suzanne Collins
#76. Maybe I'd think that, too, Caesar," says Petta bitterly, "if it weren't for the baby."
There. He's done it again.
Suzanne Collins
#77. Lean down a minute first," he says. "Need to tell you something." I lean over and put my good ear to his lips, which tickle as he whispers. "Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it." I jerk my head back but end up laughing. "Thanks, I'll keep it in mind.
Suzanne Collins
#78. 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.
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#79. 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
#80. 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
#81. 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?
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#82. I take Peeta's face in my hands. Don't worry. I'll see you at midnight.
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#83. 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
#84. Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.
Amy Tan
#85. And the more I come to know these people, the worse it is. Because, on the whole, I don't hate them. And some I like. And a lot of them are so damaged that my natural instinct would be to protect them. But all of them must die if I'm to save Peeta.
Suzanne Collins
#86. Then there's Peeta just a few yards away. He looks so clean and healthy and beautiful, I can hardly recognize him. But his smile is the same weather in mud or in the Capital and when I see it, I take about three steps and fling myself into his arms.
Suzanne Collins
#87. I just don't want them to change me, if I'm going to die I still want to be me.
Suzanne Collins
#88. No one really needs me ... I do I need you Peeta and Katniss
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#89. Got it," I say. "Did you tell Peeta this?"
"Don't have to," says Haymitch. "He's already there.
Suzanne Collins
#90. Name me Edward, or Peeta, or Prince Charming, and I swear - I'll quit.
Anne Eliot
#91. Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are.
Suzanne Collins
#92. 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
#93. 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
#94. 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
#95. I am Buttercup. Peeta, the thing I want so badly to secure, is the light. As long as Buttercup feels he has the chance of catching the elusive light under his paws, he's bristling with aggression.
Suzanne Collins
#96. 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
#97. 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
#98. Peeta and I grow back together. There are still moments when he clutches the back of a chair and hangs on until the flashbacks are over. I wake screaming from nightmares of mutts and lost children. But his arms are there to comfort me.
Suzanne Collins
#100. Embrace the probability of your imminent death ... and know there is nothing i can do to save you.
Suzanne Collins
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