No one really needs me,โ he says, and there's no self-pity in his voice...โI do,โ I say. โI need you.โ He looks upset, takes a deep breath as if to begin a long argument, and that's no good, no good at all, because he'll start going on about Prim and my mother and everything and I'll just get confused. So before he can talk, I stop his lips with a kiss.
Suzanne CollinsToday I might lose both of them. I try to imagine a world where both Gale's and Peeta's voices have ceased. Hands stilled. Eyes unblinking. I'm standing over their bodies, having a last look, leaving the room where they lie. But when I open the door to step out into the world, there's only a tremendous void. A pale grey nothingness that is all my future holds.
Suzanne CollinsI'm trying to think of a witty comeback, when Boggs says brusquely, โWell, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.โ I decide to go ahead and like Boggs.
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