How did Rue end up on that stage with nothing but the wind offering to take her place?

She must have really loved him to leave her home for the Seam. I try to remember that when all I can see is the woman who sat by, blank and unreachable, while her children turned to skin and bones. I try to forgive her for my father's sake. But to be honest, I'm not the forgiving type.

so people really do tear out their hair and beat the ground with their fists

You know what I miss? More than anything? Coffee. -- Plutarch Heavensbee

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.

Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world, replies, of all things, “Music.

Really? What did you cost me again? I ask. A lot of trouble. Don't worry. You'll get it all back,he says.