Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had an agreement not to lie to each other.
But if you want to find peace, you must first be able to hope it is possible.
It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.
Yes, they have to have a victor. Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up in the Gamemakers' faces. They'd have failed the Capitol. Might possibly even be executed, slowly and painfully, while the cameras broadcast it to every screen in the country.
Katniss, the girl who was on fire!
Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel. "You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says.