“We'd all mourn for a while, but at the end of the day we were a tough lot, and we'd survive.”

“Desperate, yet no longer alone after that day, because we'd found each other.”

“I always hated it when TV reporters stuck a microphone in the faces of people who'd just lost a home or a loved one, wanting to know how they felt. They felt like shit. They hurt, and they didn't know how they were going to get through the night. They wanted to scream and cry and hit the guy with the microphone.”

“Sometimes life doesn't allow us to be free to fly wherever we'd like.”

“He walked close enough to hold hands and far enough away that words could never repair the damage we'd done to each other.”

“We'd traveled, we'd been to lots of parties, lots of movies and concerts, we'd slept in. We'd done all those things that people with children seem to miss so passionately. We didn't want those things anymore. We wanted a baby.”

“I know we promised Haymitch, we'd do exactly what they said, but I don't think he considered this angle.' 'Where is Haymitch, anyway? Isn't he supposed to protect us from this sort of thing?' says Peeta. 'With all that alcohol in him, it's probably not advisable to have him around an open flame,' I say.”