In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his immediacy now. As we settle in, he pulls my head down to use his arm as a pillow; the other rests protectively over me even when he goes to sleep. No one has held me like this in such a long time. Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe.
Suzanne CollinsJust give him the medicine!" I scream at her. "Give it to him! Who are you, anyway, to decide how much pain he can stand!
Suzanne CollinsI miss home badly sometimes. But then I remember there's nothing left to miss anymore. I feel safer here.
Suzanne CollinsI'm sick of people lying to me for my own good. Because really it's mostly for their own good.
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