That was the one thing I had going for me. Taking care of your family.

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

deep in the meadow , under the willow , a bed of grass , a soft green pillow

Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.

Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. He has stopped hissing at me. Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

If you won't talk about yourself, at least compliment the audience. Just keep turning it back around, all right. Gush.

You haven't hurt people—you've given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it.