Quotes from work

The Hunger Games

“Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real.”

“I'll never know what it was he wanted me to remember.”

“Here's some advice. Stay alive.”

“It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.”

“It's weird, how much he's noticed me… And apparently, I have not been as oblivious to him as I imagined, either.”

“Then he smiles as if he'd be happy to lie there and gaze at me forever.”

“Betrayal. That’s the first thing I feel, which is ludicrous. For there to be betrayal, there would have had to been trust first.”

“As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.”

“Yes, and I’m sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.”

“I look down from the branch I'm perched on. The Careers look murderous. Now I smile.'How have things been with you?' I ask sweetly.”

“To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.”

“I'm sure they didn't notice anything but you. You should wear flames more often," he says. "They suit you.”

“Birds are settling down for the night, singing lullabies to their young.”

“Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream. […] When I fully awaken, I'm momentarily comforted. I try to hold on to the peaceful feeling of the dream, but it quickly slips away, leaving me sadder than ever.”

“Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true, here is the place where I love you.”

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

“That should have been my strategy! By the time I’ve worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I’m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range.”

“"You're not leaving me here alone," I say. Because if he dies, I'll never go home, not really. I'll spend the rest of my life in this arena trying to think my way out.”

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