“The more you can distract yourself, the better.”

“How do you bear it?” Finnick looks at me in disbelief. “I don’t, Katniss! Obviously, I don’t. I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there’s no relief in waking.” “The more you can distract yourself the better, ” he says. “First thing tomorrow, we’ll get you your own rope. Until then take mine.”

“Do you find this...distracting?”

“All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine.”

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

“Better not to give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”

“I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.”