when you don't even know it yourself.

You do love him. I’m not saying in what way. Maybe you don’t know yourself. But anyone paying attention could see how much you care about him.

— Mockingjay

““But his arms are there to comfort me, and eventually his lips. On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger that overtook me on the beach, I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale’s fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. So after, when he whispers, “You love me. Real or not real?” I tell him “Real.””

The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol’s plans. The symbol of the rebellion.

The Hunger Games

No matter how many times I see this, I still can’t decide whose face is the best.

There. He’s done it again

That’s how they tortured her in the Capitol.

"That’s how they tortured her in the Capitol. Soaked her and then used electric shocks," says Haymitch. I think of the way Johanna never showers. How she forced herself into the rain like it was acid that day.

always

A L W A Y S

And the blood in these veins

And the blood in these veins

Isn’t pumping any less than it ever has

And that’s the hope I have

The only thing that I know is keeping

Maggie

All I was doing was trying to keep Peeta and myself alive.

All I was doing was trying to keep Peeta and myself alive. Any act of rebellion was purely coincidental. But when the Capitol decrees that only one tribute can live and you have the audacity to challenge it, I guess that’s a rebellion in itself. My only defense was pretending that I was driven insane by a passionate love for Peeta. So we were both allowed to live. To be crowned victors. To go home and celebrate and wave goodbye to the cameras and be left alone. Until now.