there's plenty of blame to go around.

You're hideous, you know that, right?

But there's food if you know how to find it. My father knew and he taught me some before he was blown to bits in a mine explosion. There was nothing even to bury. I was eleven then. Five years later, I still wake up screaming for him to run.

My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.

for some reason Gale and Peeta do not coexist well in my thoughts.

He became my confidante, someone with whom I could share thoughts I could never voice...In exchange, he trusted me with his.

It's more complicated than that. I know them. They're not evil or cruel. They're not even smart. Hurting them, it's like hurting children.