Suzanne Collins Quotes - Page 2

I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone.

He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’d be happy to lie there gazing at me forever.

Not like this. He wanted it to be real.

Because...because...she came here with me.

You can swim, too." he says. "Where did you learn that in District Twelve?"
"We have a very big bathtub.

Do you find this...distracting?

Katniss: 'What about you? Ive seen you in the market. You can lift hundred pound bags of flour'. I snap at him
Tell him that. Thats not nothing.
Peeta: Yes and Im sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.

Not daring to flee since my general location has just been broadcast to any killer who cares. I mean, I know it's cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag.

There's a meeting in Command. Disregard your current schedule,' he says.
'Done,' I say.
'Did you follow it at all today?' he asks in exasperation.
'Who knows? I'm mentally disoriented.' I hold up my wrist to show my medical bracelet and realize it's gone.
'See? I can't even remember they took my bracelet.'
(Katniss and Boggs)

That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. 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. And only Peeta can give me that.

An ability to look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they are.

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.

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

Aim higher in case you fall short.

You could do a lot worse.

All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine.

You don't destroy what you want to
acquire in the future.

But some secrets are too delicious not to share.

A need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it.