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

I know we promised Haymitch, we'd do exactly what they said, but I don't think he considered this angle.' 'Where is Haymitch, anyway? Isn't he supposed to protect us from this sort of thing?' says Peeta. 'With all that alcohol in him, it's probably not advisable to have him around an open flame,' I say.

One slip. One slip in thousands. The odds had been entirely in her favor. But it hadn't mattered.

You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it must look like a grimace. Peeta's alive.

What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button?

So Haymitch, what do you think of the games have one hundred percent more competitors than usual?” asks Caesar. Haymitch shrugs. “I don’t see that it makes that much difference. They’ll still be one hundred percent as stupid as usual, so I figure my odds will be roughly the same.

Plants are tricky. Many are edible, but one false mouthful and your dead