“But just the fact that he was sparkling leads me to doubt everything that happened.”

“Everything is happening too fast for me to process it.”

“What was that you were saying just before the food arrived? Something about me... no competition... best thing that ever happened to you...”

“Anyone? On Snow's visit before the Victory Tour, he challenged me to erase any doubts of my love for Peeta. "Convince me," Snow said. It seems, under that hot pink sky with Peeta's life in limbo, I finally did. And In doing so, I gave him the weapon he needed to break me.”

“I waited at least two hours. I'd begun to think that he'd given up on me in the weeks that had passed. Or that he no longer cared about me. Hated me even. And the idea of losing him for ever, my best friend, the only person I'd ever trusted with my secrets, was so painful I couldn't stand it. Not on top of everything else that had happened. I could feel my eyes tearing up and my throat starting to close the way it does when I get upset. Then I look up and there he was, three metres away, just watching me. Without even thinking, I jumped up and threw my arms around him, making some weird sound that combined laughing, choking and crying.”

“I just... I just miss him. And hate being so alone. Does he miss me? He must”

“He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to.”