I walk around the room eating goose liver and puffy bread until there's a knock on the door. Effie's calling me to dinner. Good. I'm starving.
Suzanne CollinsShe must have really loved him to leave her home for the Seam. I try to remember that when all I can see is the woman who sat by, blank and unreachable, while her children turned to skin and bones. I try to forgive her for my father's sake. But to be honest, I'm not the forgiving type.
Suzanne CollinsI noticed just about every girl, but none of them made a lasting impression but you.
Suzanne CollinsThe way she kissed you in the Quarter Quellโฆwell she never kissed me like thatโฆI should have volunteered to take your place in the first Games. Protected her thenโฆI guess itโs Katnissโ problem. Who to chooseโฆKatniss will pick whoever she thinks she canโt survive without.
Suzanne CollinsCaesar Flickerman asks if the president has a date in mind. "Oh, before we set a date, we better clear it with Katniss's mother," says the president. The audience gives a big laugh and the president puts his arm around me. "Maybe if the whole country puts its mind to it, we can get you married before you're thirty." "You'll probably have to pass a new law," I say with a giggle. "If that's what it takes," says the president with conspiratorial good humor. Oh, the fun we two have together.
Suzanne Collins