Mockingjay Quotes - Page 3

• 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.

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• 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.

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  Love, Strong, Kissing

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

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• 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.

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  Sleep, Katniss, Tea

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

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• 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.

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  Pain, Hands, Normalcy

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

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• I must have loved you a lot.

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  Peeta

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

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

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  Fire, President Snow, Games

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

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• 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.

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  Love, Spring, Inspiration

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

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• 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.

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• There are much worse games to play.

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  Games, Play, Katniss

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

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• Still, I hate them. But, of course, I hate almost everybody now. Myself more than anyone.

  Suzanne Collins

  Hate, President Snow, Mockingjay Book

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.8, Scholastic Inc.

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• Some walks you have to take alone.

  Suzanne Collins

  Walks, Mockingjay Book

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

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

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Revolution

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

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• They'll be granted immunity!" I feel myself rising from my chair, my voice full of resonant. "You will personally pledge this in front of the entire population of District Thirteen and the remainder of Twelve. Soon. Today. It will be recorded for future generations. You will hold yourself and your government responsible for their safety, or you'll find yourself another Mockingjay!

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  Government, Voice, Safety

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• The question is, what are you going to do?" It turns out the question that's been eating away at me has only ever had one possible answer. But it took Peeta's ploy for me to recognize it. What am I going to do? I take a deep breath. My arms rise slightly - as if recalling the black-and-white wings Cinna gave me - then come to rest at my sides. "I'm going to be the Mockingjay.

  Suzanne Collins

  Black And White, Wings, Answers

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.31, Scholastic Inc.

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• I drink in his wholeness, the soudness of his body and mind. It runs through me like the morphling they give me in the hospital, dulling the pain of the last weeks.

  Suzanne Collins

  Running, Pain, Giving

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1019, Scholastic Inc.

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• It means we're on your side." That's what Bonnie said. I have people on my side? What side? Am I unwittingly the face of the hoped-for rebellion? Has the mockingjay on my pin become a symbol of resistance? If so, my side's not doing too well.

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  Mean, Your Side, People

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.150, Scholastic Inc.

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• Charred bits of black silk swirl into the air, and pearls clatter to the stage… I’m in a dress of the exact design of my wedding dress, only it’s the color of coal and made of tiny feathers. Wonderingly, I lift my long, flowing sleeves into the air, and that’s when I see myself on the television screen. Clothed in black except for the white patches on my sleeves. Or should I say my wings. Because Cinna had turned me into a mockingjay.

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  Air, Color, Wings

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• But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?" "Yeah, I guess so,” I said, But it’s not true. A mockingbird is just a songbird. A mockingjay is a creature the capitol never intended to exist. They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live.

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  Brain, Songbirds, Weapons

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.92, Scholastic Inc.

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• because I have learned the hard way how deadly these beauties can be.

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  Way, I Have Learned, Hard

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.355, Scholastic Inc.

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• At the moment, the choice would be simple. I can survive just fine without either of them.

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  Simple, Choices, Would Be

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.260, Scholastic

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• But just before they cut back to the main newscaster, I see the unmistakable flash of that same mockingjay's wing. The reporter has simply been incorporated into the old footage. She's not in District 13 at all. Which begs the question, What is?

  Suzanne Collins

  Cutting, Wings, Flash

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.694, Scholastic Inc.

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• How about you, Mockingjay? You feel totally safe?” “Oh, yeah. Right up until I got shot,” I say.

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  Safe, Yeah, Shots

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.220, Scholastic Inc.

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• But I feel as if I did know Rue, and she'll always be with me. Everything beautiful brings her to mind. I see her in the yellow flowers that grow in the Meadow by my house. I see her in the Mockingjays that sing in the trees. But most of all, I see her in my sister, Prim.

  Suzanne Collins

  Beautiful, Flower, Yellow

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.61, Scholastic Inc.

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• People don't need wings to survive" "Mockingjays do.

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  Wings, People, Needs

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

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• Then I know Prim is right, that Snow cannot afford to waste Peeta's life, especially now, while the Mockingjay causes so much havoc. He's killed Cinna already. Destroyed my home. My family, Gale, and even Haymitch are out of his reach. Peeta's all he has left. "So, what do you think they'll do to him?" I ask. Prim sound about a thousand years old when she speaks."Whatever it takes to break you.

  Suzanne Collins

  Home, Thinking, Years

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.151, Scholastic Inc.

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