Suzanne Collins

There was nothing even to bury

someone might overhear you.

first dandelion of the year

And suddenly we’re both laughing

Peeta takes off his jacket and wraps it around my shoulders.

I’m sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.

You know what my mother said to me when she came to say good-bye, as if to cheer me up, she says maybe District Twelve will finally have a winner. Then I realized, she didn’t mean me, she meant you!

I can’t help comparing what I have with Gale to what I’m pretending to have with Peeta.

Something about me . . . no competition . . . best thing that ever happened to you . . .”

Something about me . . . no competition . . . best thing that ever happened to you . . .”