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.
Lucky thing were allies, right? -Finnick Odair.
Katniss Everdeen, you have caused a spark, wich left unattended, may cause a spark that could cause a whole rebelion.
Where did they get those screams, Katniss?
To be honest, I’m not much of a drinker. It makes me sick, and I hate that.
That it’s no good loving me because I’m never going to get married anyway and he’d just end up hating me later instead of sooner.
The Eleventh Plague hits disturbingly close to home An excellent, taut debut novel.
Buttercup, miserable even with Prim’s constant attention, huddles in the cube and exhales cat breath in my face.
What happens when we get back? I don’t know. I guess we try and forget. I don’t want to forget.
I’m not good at talking about myself.
Cato kneels beside Clove, spear in hand, begging her to stay with him. In a moment, he will realize it’s futile, she can’t be saved.
And suddenly, it’s as if there’s no one in the world but these two, crashing through space to reach each other. They collide, enfold, lose their balance, and slam against a wall, where they stay. Clinging into one being. Indivisible.
This is what birds see. Only they’re free and safe. The very opposite of me.
My voice, at first rough and breaking on the high notes, warms up into something splendid. A voice that would make the mockingjays fall silent and then tumble over themselves to join in.
It’s strange to be so physically close to someone who’s so distant.
Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword, you will never discover that.
Despite what I feel for Peeta, this is when I accept deep down that he’ll never come back to me. Or i’ll never go back to him. I’ll die for my trouble. And he’ll die insane and hating me.
Not only does he hate me, and want to kill me, he no longer believes I’m human. It was less painful being strangled.
If the careers want me, let them find me.
Tick tock, this is a clock.