I no longer feel any allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despise being one myself.
Suzanne CollinsStichwörter: humanity human allegiance beings
Why don't I just pretend I'm on camera, Plutarch?" I say.
"Yes! Perfect. One is always much braver with an audience," he says. "Look at the courage Peeta just displayed!"
It's all I can do not to slap him.
Stichwörter: katniss plutarch peeta mockingjay
Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you need to do is show up and pretend to be happy for them."
"That's one of the few things I won't have to pretend, Plutarch," I tell him.
Stichwörter: wedding katniss plutarch finnick annie mockingjay
It's as if I'm Finnick, watching images of my life flash by. The mast of a boat, a silver parachute, Mags laughing, a pink sky, Beetee's trident, Annie in her wedding dress, waves breaking over rocks. Then its over.
Suzanne CollinsBut there's food if you know how to find it. My father knew and he taught me some before he was blown to bits in a mine explosion. There was nothing even to bury. I was eleven then. Five years later, I still wake up screaming for him to run.
Suzanne CollinsThinking like your prey. . . that's where you find their vulnerabilities.
Suzanne CollinsStichwörter: beetee
Maybe I'll be like that man in "The Hanging Tree'. Still waiting for an answer.
Suzanne CollinsStichwörter: love gale-hawthorne
Peeta bakes. I hunt. Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out.
Suzanne CollinsYou can tell by the way the girls whisper about him when he walks by in school that they want him. It makes me jealous but not for the reason people would think. Good hunting partners are hard to find.
Suzanne CollinsFinnick and I sit for a long time in silence, watching the knots bloom and vanish, before I can ask, '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.'
Something in my expression stops him.
'Better not give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself together as it does to fall apart.'
Well, he must know. I take a deep breath, forcing myself back into one piece.
Stichwörter: death grief nightmares
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