I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand

ll I can think about, every day, every waking minute since they drew Prim's name at the reaping, is how afraid I am.

Then Octavia drops to her knees, rubs the hem of a skirt against her cheek, and burst into tears. "It's been so long," she gasps, "since I've seen anything pretty.

Charred bits of black silk swirl into the air, and pearls clatter to the stage… I’m in a dress of the exact design of my wedding dress, only it’s the color of coal and made of tiny feathers. Wonderingly, I lift my long, flowing sleeves into the air, and that’s when I see myself on the television screen. Clothed in black except for the white patches on my sleeves. Or should I say my wings. Because Cinna had turned me into a mockingjay.

I'm very hard to catch," says Rue. "And if they can't catch me, they can't kill me. So don't count me out.

Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences.