Impulsively, I lean forward and kiss him, stopping his word. This is probably overdue anyway since he’s right, we are supposed to be madly in love.

Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword, you will never discover that.

It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly realized through the artistry of the designers.

Here began countless days of hunting and snaring, fishing and gathering, roaming together through the woods, unloading our thoughts while we filled our game bags. This was the doorway to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key.

When I was young I was trained in stage fighting and rapier and dagger, for several years.

Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it.

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