“It's strange to be so physically close to someone who's so distant”

“And it takes so much energy to stay angry with someone who cries so much.”

“It's lovely. If only you could frost someone to death.""Don't be so superior. You can never tell what you will find in the arena. Say it's a gigantic cake-”

“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 of small dark birds.”

“If I get home, I'll be so stinking rich, I'll be able to pay someone to do my hearing.”

“Glimmer, I hear someone call her - ugh, the names the people in District 1 give their children are so ridiculous ...”

“Despite serious reservations, I had to forgive Finnick for his role in the conspiracy that landed me here. He, at least has some idea of what I'm going through. And it takes too much energy to stay angry with someone who cries so much.”