I'm surprised you know that," I say quietly, " since you left halfway through my one and only fight." "It wasn't something I wanted to watch." he says. What's that supposed to mean?

Peace is restrained; this is free.

Sarcasm is always at someone's expense.

I should wonder what courage—which is the virtue they most value—has to do with a metal ring through your nostril.

I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.

I am collecting the lessons each faction has to teach me, and storing them in my mind like a guidebook for moving through the world. There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand

I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different. All your life you've been training to forget yourself, so when you're in danger, it becomes your first instinct