"I don't know how to say it exactly. Only... I want to die as myself. Does that make any sense?" he asks. I shake my head. How could he die as anyone but himself. "I don't want them to change me in there. Turn me into some kind of monster that I'm not."
Suzanne CollinsAnd itโs all my fault, Gale. Because of what I did in the arena. If I had just killed myself with those berries, none of this wouldโve happened. Peeta could have come home and lived, and everyone else would have been safe, too.โ โSafe to do what?โ he says in a gentler tone. โStarve? Work like slaves? Send their kids to the reaping? You havenโt hurt people โ youโve given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it.
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