Destroying things is much easier than making them.

You know, you’re kind of squeamish for such a lethal person

My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother’s body, their cheeks pressed together. In sleep, my mother looks younger, still worn but not so beaten-down. Prim’s face is as fresh...

Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Especially if the target is unprepared.

You don’t have much competition anywhere.” And this time, it’s me who leans in.

I’ll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I’m afraid it could be taken away.

My children, who don’t know they play on a graveyard.

Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Dont wait ’cause right now is the oldest you’ve ever been & the youngest you’ll be ever again

Deep in the meadow, under the willowa bed of grass, a soft green pillow lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyesand when again they open, the sun will rise.Hear it’s safe, here it’s...

Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.

And then it happens. Up and down the row, the victors begin to join hands. Some right away, like the morphlings, or Wiress and Beetee. Others unsure but caught up in the demands of those...

Peeta. Blut wie Regentropfen am Fenster. Wie feuchte Erde an den Stiefeln.

Not daring to flee since my general location has just been broadcast to any killer who cares. I mean, I know it’s cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag.

She needs to wake up,” said Boots. “Hazard is crying. When does she wake up?” Gregor could not find it within him to give his standard reply. To pretend that in a short time Thalia...

How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving.

Katniss. I remember about the bread.

But more words tumble out. ‘You’re a painter. You’re a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.’Then I dive into...

You never forget the face of the person who was your last hope. -Katniss Everdeen

One more time? For the audience?” he says. His voice isn’t angry. It’s hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me.I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing...

it takes one to know one

He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’d be happy to lie there gazing at me forever.

The beauty of this idea is that my decision to keep Peeta alive at the expense of my own life is itself an act of defiance. A refusal to play the Hunger Games by the...

Why…do you find this…distracting?

When I break into the clearing, she’s on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has the time to reach her hand through the mesh and say my name before the spear enters...

We are what no one wants to miss at the party. I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.

Why not? It’s true. My best hope is to not disgrace myself and…” He hesitates.And what?” I say.I don’t know how to say it exactly. Only… I want to die as myself. Does that make...

My spirit. This is a new thought. I’m not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I’m a fighter. In a sort of brave way. It’s not as if I’m never friendly. Okay, maybe...

Deep in the meadow, hidden far awayA cloak of leaves, a moonbeam rayForget your woes and let your troubles layAnd when it’s morning again, they’ll wash awayHere it’s safe, here it’s warmHere the daisies guard...

—Te creo. Da igual, tu estilista resultó ser profético en su elección de vestuario. Katniss Everdeen, la chica en llamas, ha encendido una chispa que, si no se apaga, podría crecer hasta convertirse en el...

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

I really can’t think about kissing when I’ve got a rebellion to incite.

Agreed,” I say. “It’s going to be a long hour.””Maybe not that long,” says Peeta.” what was that you were saying just before the food arrived? Something about me … no competition … best thing...

And if we burn, you burn with us.

I just don’t want them to change me, if I’m going to die I still want to be me.

Orange?” He seems unconvinced.”Not bright orange. But soft. Like the sunset,” I say. “At least, that’s what you told me once.

No, I want you to rethink it and come up with the right opinion,” I tell him.

Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese.

Peeta, you said at the interview you’d had a crush on me forever. When did forever start?Oh, let’s see. I guess the first day of school. We were five. You had on a red plaid...

My sleep wasn’t peaceful, though. I have the sense of emerging from a world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone.

You love me. Real or not real?”I tell him, “Real.

There’s a meeting in Command. Disregard your current schedule,’ he says. ‘Done,’ I say.’Did you follow it at all today?’ he asks in exasperation.’Who knows? I’m mentally disoriented.’ I hold up my wrist to show...

And that, my friends, is how a revolution dies.

So this is how a war starts…. Not with two armies facing off, waiting for the signal to charge…. It begins much more quietly. In a room, on a field, in a remote tunnel when...

I’m not prepared for Rue’s family. Her parents, whose faces are still fresh with sorrow. Her fiver younger siblings, who resemble her so closely. The slight builds, the luminous brown eyes. They form a flock...

As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.