It's not easy to find a topic. Talking of home is painful. Talking of the present unbearable.
Suzanne CollinsIf your parent is deployed and you are that young, you spend the whole time wondering where they are and waiting for them to come home. As time passes and the absence is longer and longer, you become more and more concerned - but you don't really have the words to express your concern. There's only this continued absence.
Suzanne CollinsShame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel. "You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says.
Suzanne CollinsSo that's who Finnick loves, I think. Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. But a poor, mad girl back home.
Suzanne CollinsI wonder if Effie will still be wearing that silly pink wig, or is she'll be sporting some other unnatural color especially for the Victor Tour.
Suzanne CollinsI donโt stand a chance if he doesn't get better. Youโll never be able to let him go. Youโll always feel wrong about being with me.โ โThe way I always felt wrong kissing him because of you,โ I say. Gale holds my gaze. โIf I thought that was true, I could almost live with the rest of it.
Suzanne Collins