“People deal with me, but they are genuinely fond of Prim. Maybe there will be enough fondness to keep her alive.”

“Her name's Prim. She's just twelve. And I love her more than anything.”

“She genuinely likes people. All people, not just a select few she's spent years making up her mind about.”

“I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she's a survivor, and I trust her, and why not admit it? She reminds me of Prim.”

“I must still look perplexed because Gale delivers the next line very slowly. “Katniss…he’s still trying to keep you alive.” To keep me alive? And then I understand. The Games are still on.”

“The cat that Prim got hates me, I think partly because I tried to drown it.”

“It made me realize how I needed to stop punishing her for something she couldn't help [...] because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.”