Remembering from last year how Haymitch's gifts are often timed to send a message, I make a note to myself. Be friends with Finnick. You'll get food.

So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck," says Peeta.

Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!

I think we put our children at an enormous disadvantage by not educating them in war, by not letting them understand about it at an early age.

What do I mean when I say I love Gale? I don't know. I did kiss him last night, in a moment when my emotions were running so high. But I'm sure he doesn't remember it. Does he? I hope not. If he does, everything will just get more complicated and I really can't think about kissing when I've got a rebellion to incite.

Right before the explosions begin, I find a star.

I’ve stopped talking because there’s really nothing left to say and there’s this piercing sort of pain where my heart is. Maybe I’m even having a heart attack, but it doesn’t seem worth mentioning.