I guess this is a bad time to mention I hung a dummy and painted Seneca Crane’s name on it...
I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I’ve been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.
You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.
Aim higher in case you fall short.
The numbness of his loss had passed, and the pain would hit me out of nowhere, doubling me over, racking my body with sobs. Where are you? I would cry out in my mind. Where have you gone? Of course, there was never any answer.
Remember, we’re madly in love, so it’s all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.
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.
Frankly, our ancestors don’t seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars, the broken planet. Clearly, they didn’t care about what would happen to the people who came after them.
It crosses my mind that Cinna’s calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman.
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.
Even if times got bad, he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be happy even if the present was painful. He would allow himself dreams.
Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.
So it’s you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.
I clench his hands to the point of pain. “Stay with me.” His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. “Always,” he murmurs.
Sometimes things happen to people and they’re not equipped to deal with them.
Stupid people are dangerous.
They’ll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.
Well, don’t expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.
Fine. Somebody else can arrange to get the stupid goat knocked up.
Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.