Want a sugar cube? [...] They're supposed to be for the horses, but who cares? They've got years to eat sugar, whereas you and I . . . well, if we see something sweet we better grab it quick. [...] You're absolutely terrifying me in that get-up. What happened to the pretty little-girl dresses?

Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are.

If you appeal to the crowd, either by being humorous or brutal or eccentric, you gain favor.

You can swim, too." he says. "Where did you learn that in District Twelve?" "We have a very big bathtub.

ll I can think about, every day, every waking minute since they drew Prim's name at the reaping, is how afraid I am.

Why? Do you find this" - he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose - "distracting?

Peeta?" I creep along the bank. "Well, don't step on me.