It sends out a very clear message: "Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children.

I see now that the circumstances of ones birth are irrelevent. it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are

As I descend the stairs, I can’t help brushing my fingers along the unblemished white marble walls. So cold and beautiful. Even in the Capitol, there’s nothing to match the magnificence of this old building. But there is no give to the surface - only my flesh yields, my warmth taken. Stone conquers people every time.

If you'd been taken by the Capital and hijacked and then tried to kill Peeta, is this the way he would be treating you?

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness...except possibly when it comes to you.

What was that you were saying just before the food arrived? Something about me... no competition... best thing that ever happened to you.