Emma: I just think I’ve spent my childhood working. So, I’d love to really enjoy this time that I have now to be a kid, I guess. Not that I’m regretful. I’ve had the most incredible experience, I wouldn’t swap it for anything. But I feel like I’ve got the rest of my life to work, I just need to figure out who I am, for a while.

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I’m already better than them anyways.” ― Marilyn Monroe

Peeta’s eyes flicker down to the roll in my hands, and I know he remembers that day, too. But he just shrugs. “People will help you in the arena. They’ll be tripping over each other to sponsor you.”

“No more than you,” I say.

Peeta rolls his eyes at Haymitch. “She has no idea. The effect she can have.” He runs his fingernail along the wood grain in the table, refusing to look at me.

apriki:

“Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!”