I can't help comparing what I have with Gale to what I'm pretending to…

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