If I'm going to die, I want to still be me

Your only defense can be you were so madly in love you weren't responsible for your actions.

So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.

They're betting on how long I'll live!' I burst out. 'They're not my friends!

I'm not a very fancy person. I've been a writer a long time, and right now 'The Hunger Games' is getting a lot of focus. It'll pass. The focus will be on something else. It'll shift. It always does. And that seems just fine.

I must still look perplexed because Gale delivers the next line very slowly. “Katniss…he’s still trying to keep you alive.” To keep me alive? And then I understand. The Games are still on.

Never," said Gregor. "I'll never get rid of you, no matter how hard I try." It was no longer an effort to say the words. "I love you." "I love you, too," said Luxa. After that there was nothing left to say.