Yeah, we wouldn't want to lose our little Mockingjay when she's finally begun to sing.
Suzanne CollinsHow much better my life has been for knowing him. For loving him, even if it's only in the limited way that I can manage. But I never get the chance.
Suzanne CollinsHeโs dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if heโd be happy to lie there gazing at me forever.
Suzanne CollinsFinally, Peeta turns to Pollux. "Well, then you just became our most valuable asset." Castor laughs and Pollux manages a smile. We're halfway down the first tunnel when I realize what was so remarkable about that exchange. Peeta sounded like his old self, the one who could always think of the right thing to say when nobody else could... I glance back at him as he trudges along under his guards, Gale and Jackson, his eyes fixed on the ground, his shoulders hunched forward. So dispirited. But for a moment, he was really here.
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