Suzanne Collins Quotes About Mockingjay

Quotes about: Mockingjay

• It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.

  Suzanne Collins

  Life, Fall, I Hate You

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

• What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.

  Suzanne Collins

  Love, Spring, Inspiration

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.388, Scholastic Inc.

• I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs.

  Suzanne Collins

  Pain, Hands, Normalcy

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.314, Scholastic Inc.

• Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.

  Suzanne Collins

  Funny, Witty, President Snow

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.82, Scholastic Inc.

• They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.

  Suzanne Collins

  Kissing, Envy, Want

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.71, Scholastic Inc.

• Frankly, our ancestors don't seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars, the broken planet. Clearly, they didn't care about what would happen to the people who came after them.

  Suzanne Collins

  War, Mean, People

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.84, Scholastic Inc.

• I'll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away. That's when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I've seen someone do. It's like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years.
  But there are much worse games to play.

  Suzanne Collins

  Morning, Taken, Years

  "Mockingjay". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2010.

• Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.

  Suzanne Collins

  Life, Eye, Fire

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.762, Scholastic UK

• We had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss," says Plutarch. "While you live, the revolution lives.

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Revolution, Mockingjay

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.981, Scholastic Inc.

• I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have.

  Suzanne Collins

  Thinking, Ideas, Awareness

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.325, Scholastic Inc.

• 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.

  Suzanne Collins

  Real, Katniss, Trying

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.302, Scholastic Inc.

• You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real.

  Suzanne Collins

  Love, Real, President Snow

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.388, Scholastic Inc.

• Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this" -- he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose -- "distracting?" I laugh. Boggs looks embarrassed and Finnick looks more like the guy I met at the Quarter Quell

  Suzanne Collins

  Laughing, Guy, Leaving

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.79, Scholastic Inc.

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

  Suzanne Collins

  Fire, President Snow, Games

  "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1". www.imdb.com. 2014.

• I must have loved you a lot.

  Suzanne Collins

  Mockingjay, Peeta

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.231, Scholastic Inc.

• There are much worse games to play.

  Suzanne Collins

  Games, Play, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.786, Scholastic UK

• You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.

  Suzanne Collins

  Sleep, Katniss, Tea

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.271, Scholastic Inc.

• Katniss, the girl who was on fire!

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, President Snow, Games

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

• The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion.

  Suzanne Collins

  Song, Catching On, Flames

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.981, Scholastic Inc.

• Some walks you have to take alone.

  Suzanne Collins

  Walks, Mockingjay Book, Mockingjay

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.5, Scholastic Inc.

• Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt. Neighbor. Hunter. Tribute. Ally. I'll add it to the list of words I use to try to figure you out. The problem is, I can't tell what's real anymore, and what's made up.

  Suzanne Collins

  Real, Enemy, Trying

• 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.

  Suzanne Collins

  Love, Strong, Kissing

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.195, Scholastic Inc.

• Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Strange things did happen here. No stranger would let it be if we met up At midnight in the hanging tree.

  Suzanne Collins

  Tree, Midnight, Rope

• I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.

  Suzanne Collins

  Morning, I Hate You, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

• I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I yank my head back in confusion to find myself looking into Peeta’s eyes, only now they hold my gaze. Blood runs from the teeth marks on the hand he clamped over my nightlock. “Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t,” he says.

  Suzanne Collins

  Running, Rip, Eye

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