Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun.
Suzanne CollinsIf there's a more helpless feeling than trying to reach someone you love who's trapped underground, I don't know it.
Suzanne CollinsSo, what do you think they'll do to him?" I ask. Prim sounds about a thousand years old when she speaks. "Whatever it takes to break you.
Suzanne CollinsHe hasn't accepted his death. He is already fighting hard to stay alive. Which also means that kind Peeta Mellark, the boy who gave me bread, is fighting hard to kill me.
Suzanne CollinsEnobaria smiles at Johanna. 'Don't look so smug,' says Johanna. 'We'll kill you anyway.
Suzanne CollinsI'm relieved Peeta's alive. I tell myself again that if I get killed, his winnings will benefit my mother and Prim the most. This is what I tell myself to explain the conflicting emotions that arise when I think of Peeta. The gratitude that he game an edge by professing his love for me in the interview. The anger at his superiority on the roof. The dread that we may come face-to-face at any moment in this arena.
Suzanne Collins