Every day when I wake I tell myself that it will be my last. If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it... And then, if you make it to bedtime, you feel the joy of cheating death out of one more day.

They're betting on how long I'll live!' I burst out. 'They're not my friends!

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

Obviously this person's a hazard. Stupid people are dangerous.

You can swim, too." he says. "Where did you learn that in District Twelve?" "We have a very big bathtub.

Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don't want to miss any of them.

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim`s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the Reaping.