I look coolly in to the blue eyes of the person who is now my greatest opponent, the person who would keep me alive at his own expense. And I promise myself I will defeat his plan.

its not in my nature to go down without a fight even when things seem insurmountable

Listen up. You're in trouble. Word is the Capitol's furious about you showing them up in the arena. The one thing they can't stand is being laughed at and they're the joke of Panem

Haymitch said you'd take a lot of convincing.

How did Rue end up on that stage with nothing but the wind offering to take her place?

Courage only counts when you can count.

So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends. - Peeta Mellark