It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as... - Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

"Slowly, with many lost days, I come back to life."

"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 arena."

"You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real,"he whispers."Real,"I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other."

"There are much worse games to play."