Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe.

A hysterical young woman with flowing brown hair is also called from 4, but she's quickly replaced by a volunteer, an eighty-year-old woman who needs a cane to walk to the stage.

You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.

Haymich finally drops the good-natured act. "you know who else, Katniss. You know who stepped up first." Of course I do. Gale.

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.

When you're in the arena...you just remember who the enemy is" - Haymitch

Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences.