Peeta Quotes

For me, you're perfect. — Suzanne Collins

No. Now, shut up and eat your pears. — Suzanne Collins

I thought he wanted it, anyway," I say.
"Not like this," Haymitch says. "He wanted it to be real. — Suzanne Collins

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

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. — Suzanne Collins

I think ... you still have no idea. The effect you can have. — Suzanne Collins

If he goes and dies on me now, I know I'll go completely insane. — Suzanne Collins

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

You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers.
"Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other. — Suzanne Collins

Johanna, frankly, I could easily kill if it came down to protecting Peeta. Or maybe even just to shut her up. What — Suzanne Collins

I'm stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta. — Suzanne Collins

Name me Edward, or Peeta, or Prince Charming, and I swear - I'll quit. — Anne Eliot

I'm so tired, Katniss. — Suzanne Collins

Peeta says it will be okay. We have each other. — Suzanne Collins

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

I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. — Suzanne Collins

Peeta bakes. I hunt. Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out. — Suzanne Collins

Only.. I want to do die as myself — Suzanne Collins

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? — Suzanne Collins

I just don't want them to change me, if I'm going to die I still want to be me. — Suzanne Collins

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

So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends. - Peeta Mellark — Suzanne Collins

Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel.
"You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says. — Suzanne Collins

A place like the meadow in the song I sang to Rue as she died. Where Peeta's child could be safe. — Suzanne Collins

Making knots. Making knots. No word. Making knots. Tick-tock. This is a clock. Do not think of Gale. Do not think of Peeta. Making knots. — Suzanne Collins

For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first. — Suzanne Collins

You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done anything normal together. — Suzanne Collins

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

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

hours of calm and keep us clear of any poisonous residue. And then Peeta, Johanna, and — Suzanne Collins

In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too. — Suzanne Collins

And she's very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her — Suzanne Collins

I take Peeta's face in my hands. Don't worry. I'll see you at midnight. — Suzanne Collins

He could be the Darcy to your Elizabeth, the Harry to your Ginny, the Peeta to your Katniss, the Four to your Tris, — Anonymous

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

Here, cover yourself with this and I'll wash your shorts."
"Oh, I don't care if you see me," says Peeta. — Suzanne Collins

For some reason Gale and Peeta do not coexist well in my thoughts. — Suzanne Collins

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

Peeta will ask Haymitch to let him go into the arena with me no matter what. For my sake. To protect me. — Suzanne Collins

Haymitch shrugs. Peeta has asked to be coached separately. — Suzanne Collins

Let the games begin! — Susan Collins

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

One of the fans had a poster that said, 'I'm a Peeta-file. That was probably the best one. — Josh Hutcherson

I must have loved you a lot. — Suzanne Collins

You and me Haymitch.Very cozy.Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights sitting around the fire retelling old Hunger Games tale.
-Peeta Mellark — Suzanne Collins

Stay with me.

Always. — Suzanne Collins

I cross to Peeta and wrap my arms around him, and for a while we all stay silent. — Suzanne Collins

Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are. — Suzanne Collins

Not like this. He wanted it to be real. — Suzanne Collins

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. — Suzanne Collins

Any last words of advice?" Peeta asks. "Stay alive," Haymitch says gruffly. That's — Suzanne Collins

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

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

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

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

And that was the voice of Peeta — Suzanne Collins

Getting the broth into Peeta takes an hour of coaxing, begging, threatening, and yes, kissing, — Suzanne Collins

Come to finish me off, Sweetheart? — Suzanne Collins

They don't own me. If I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me. — Suzanne Collins

I can't help laughing, really laughing, for the first time in months. Peeta just shakes his head like I've lost my mind - and maybe I have, a little. — Suzanne Collins

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

I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever. — Suzanne Collins

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

Peeta doesn't need a brush to paint images from the Games. He works just as well in words. — Suzanne Collins

You here to finish me off, Sweetheart? — Suzanne Collins

The implications that I could so readily dispose of Peeta, that I'm in love with Gale, that the whole thing has been an act. — Suzanne Collins

You have a ... remarkable memory."
"I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention. — Suzanne Collins

Don't. Don't let's pretend when there's no one around. — Suzanne Collins

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

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? — Suzanne Collins

Remember, heads high. Smiles. They're going to love you! — Suzanne Collins

By the way, I know about the kiss. Then the door clicks shut behind him. — Suzanne Collins

No one really needs me ... I do I need you Peeta and Katniss — Suzanne Collins

Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart. — Suzanne Collins

I want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you. -Peeta Mellark — Suzanne Collins

Katniss: I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off.
Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final defence of the dying. (252) — Suzanne Collins

It feels like such a luxury, sleeping with Peeta again. — Suzanne Collins

He said, See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner."
-Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins

Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines. — Amy Tan

I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me. — Suzanne Collins

Peeta?" I creep along the bank.
"Well, don't step on me. — Suzanne Collins

Our romance became a key strategy for our survival in the arena. Only it wasn't just a strategy for Peeta. — Suzanne Collins

What do we do know?(Peeta)
I guess we try to forget ... (Katniss)
I don't want to forget.(Peeta) — Suzanne Collins

Katniss. I remember about the bread. — Suzanne Collins

Peeta smiles at me, sad and mocking. Okay. Thanks for the tip, sweetheart. — Suzanne Collins

Well you are a piece of work aren't you? — Suzanne Collins

Peeta and Finnick and I position ourselves in a triangle, a few yards apart, our backs to one another. My — Suzanne Collins

Look, if you wanted to be babied you should have asked Peeta. — Suzanne Collins

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

I don't like self-righteous people," I say.
"What's to like?" says Haymitch, who begins sucking the dregs out of the empty bottles. — Suzanne Collins

Yes, it's your fault I'm alive," says Peeta. — Suzanne Collins

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

Katniss?" Peeta says. I meet his eyes, knowing my face must be some shade of green. He mouths the words. "How about that kiss? — Suzanne Collins

I want to go home, Peeta," I say plaintively, like a small child. "You will. I promise," ... — Suzanne Collins

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

So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck, says Peeta. — Suzanne Collins

You never know. Say the arena's actually a giant cake-"
"Say we move on," I broke in. — Suzanne Collins