All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone forever.

And random bits of happiness, like Finnick and Annie's newborn boy.

No matter what I do, I'm hurting someone." - Katniss Everdeen

Yes. I killed him. And buried her in flowers," I say. "And I sang her to sleep.

The most exciting thing either of us does is nap.

That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. "Only not to us.

I begin to fully understand the lengths to which people have gone to protect me. What I mean to the rebels. My on going struggle against the Capitol, which has so often felt like a solitary journey, has not been undertaken alone. I have had thousands upon thousands of people from the districts at my side. I was their Mockingjay long before I accepted the role.