I noticed the plants growing around me. Tall with leaves like arrowheads. Blossoms with three white petals. I knelt down in the water, my fingers digging into the soft mud, and I pulled up handfuls of the roots. Small, bluish tubers that donโt look like much but boiled or baked are as good as any potato. โKatniss,โ I said aloud. Itโs the plant I was named for. And I heard my fatherโs voice joking, โAs long as you can find yourself, youโll never starve.
Suzanne CollinsNever," said Gregor. "I'll never get rid of you, no matter how hard I try." It was no longer an effort to say the words. "I love you." "I love you, too," said Luxa. After that there was nothing left to say.
Suzanne CollinsMaybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. I don't care. I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good.
Suzanne CollinsI see now that the circumstances of ones birth are irrelevent. it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are
Suzanne CollinsSo at least half the victors have instructed their mentors to request you as an ally. I know it can't be your sunny personality.โ โThey saw her shoot,โ says Peeta with a smile. โActually, I saw her shoot, for real, for the first time. I'm about to put in a formal request myself.โ โYou're that good?โ Haymitch asks me.
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