Then he smiles as if he'd be happy to lie there and gaze at me forever.

If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.

I begin to fully understand the lengths to which people have gone to protect me. What I mean to the rebels. My on going struggle against the Capitol, which has so often felt like a solitary journey, has not been undertaken alone. I have had thousands upon thousands of people from the districts at my side. I was their Mockingjay long before I accepted the role.

Katniss, got that spile?" Finnick asks, snapping me back to reality.

But the only thing that distracts me from my current situation is fantasizing about killing President Snow.

I can’t fight the sun. I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into a day that I’ve been dreading for months. Katniss Everdeen

I wish Peeta were here to hold me, until I remember I'm not supposed to wish that anymore. I have chosen Gale and the rebellion, and a future with Peeta is the Capitol's design, not mine.