Not like this. He wanted it to be real.
Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire.
“Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare? I say.I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror, he says.You should wake...”
“But I have to confess, I'm glad you two had at least a few months of happiness together."I'm not glad," says Peeta. "I wish we had waited until the whole thing was done officially."This takes even ...”
“Sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.”
“Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.”
“Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?”
“Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.”
“I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.”
“Ive perfected the art of the fake smile. Its not so difficult when you are completely numb.”
“Fake sUCKs!”
“Finally, the intercom crackles and Hatmitch's acerbic laugh fills the studio. He contains himself just long enough to say, 'And that, my friends, is how a revolution dies.”
“He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television.""Are you and Beetee going?" I ask."As many young and attractive victors as poss...”
“You love me. Real or not real?"I tell him, "Real.”
“Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the ar...”
“You have a... remarkable memory.""I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention.”