Winning the Games will make you famous, losing will mean death.

Most rats read. Our frustration is, we cannot hold a pen to write.

Here's some advice. Stay alive.

An ability to look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they are.

That was the first time I ever saw him smile. It transformed him from someone menacing to someone you wished you knew.

He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’d be happy to lie there gazing at me forever.

Don't you see, Katniss, this will decide things. One way or the other. By the end of the day, they'll ether be dead or with us. It's...it's more than we could hope for! Well, that's a sunny view of our situation.