I have heard all I ever want to hear about the past," he said; "and I know what I most wanted to know about the future. Everybody says, Midwinter, you have a career before you, and I believe that everybody is right. Who knows what great things may happen before you and I are many years older?" . "Who _need_ know?" said Midwinter, calmly. "Happen what may, God is all-merciful, God is all-wise. In those words your dear old friend once wrote to me. In that faith I can look back without murmuring at the years that are past, and can look on without doubting to the years that are to come.
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SUZANNE COLLINS Knowing it and seeing it are two different things. SUZANNE COLLINS Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for th... SUZANNE COLLINS And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anywa... SUZANNE COLLINS One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Alrea... SUZANNE COLLINS My spirit. This is a new thought. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I'm a fighter.... SUZANNE COLLINS And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness... SUZANNE COLLINS I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun. SUZANNE COLLINS I knew you'd kiss me." "How?" I say. Because I didn't know myself. "Because I am in pain,... SUZANNE COLLINS I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence o... SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss. I remember about the bread. SUZANNE COLLINS Delly lost her temper at Peeta over how he treated you. She got very squeaky. It was like someone st... SUZANNE COLLINS Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable. SUZANNE COLLINS At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thi... SUZANNE COLLINS Fire beats roses again. SUZANNE COLLINS In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too. SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta,” I say lightly. “You said at the interview you’d had a crush on me forever. When did fo... SUZANNE COLLINS You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it m... SUZANNE COLLINS I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. SUZANNE COLLINS You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control. Now, I'm not saying you s... SUZANNE COLLINS I had to do that. At least once. SUZANNE COLLINS No problem," Gale replies. "I wake up ten times a night anyway." "To make sure Katniss is still... SUZANNE COLLINS Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don't want to miss any of... SUZANNE COLLINS All those months of taking it for granted that Peeta thought I was wonderful are over. Finally, he c... SUZANNE COLLINS Stay with me. Always. SUZANNE COLLINS I'll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pl... SUZANNE COLLINS I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm j... SUZANNE COLLINS No. Now, shut up and eat your pears. SUZANNE COLLINS You have a... remarkable memory." "I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't p... SUZANNE COLLINS Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. I can't help enjoying his distr... SUZANNE COLLINS I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me. SUZANNE COLLINS Deep in the meadow, hidden far away A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray Forget your woes and... SUZANNE COLLINS What about Gale?" "He's not a bad kisser either," I say shortly. "And it was okay with bo... SUZANNE COLLINS Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart. SUZANNE COLLINS There's a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to y... SUZANNE COLLINS But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a... SUZANNE COLLINS At a few minutes before four, Peeta turns to me again. "Your favorite colour . . . it's green?" SUZANNE COLLINS She's not here," I tell him. Buttercup hisses again. "She's not here. You can hiss all you like. You... SUZANNE COLLINS I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink i... SUZANNE COLLINS They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you. SUZANNE COLLINS That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire ... SUZANNE COLLINS Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness. SUZANNE COLLINS I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have. SUZANNE COLLINS I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking. SUZANNE COLLINS Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Es... SUZANNE COLLINS Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Stra... SUZANNE COLLINS Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt... SUZANNE COLLINS I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dial... SUZANNE COLLINS There are much worse games to play. SUZANNE COLLINS