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Suzanne Collins Quotes

I’m sick of people lying to me for my own good. Because really it’s mostly for their own good Picture Quote #1

Aren’t they the very reason I have to try to fight? Because what has been done to them is so wrong, so beyond justification, so evil that there is no choice? Because no one has the right to treat them as they have been treated? Picture Quote #1

If there’s a more helpless feeling than trying to reach someone you love who’s trapped underground, I don’t know it Picture Quote #1

All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone forever Picture Quote #1

That was the first time I ever saw him smile. It transformed him from someone menacing to someone you wished you knew Picture Quote #1

I’ve spent so much time making sure I don’t underestimate my opponents that I’ve forgotten it’s just as dangerous to overestimate them as well Picture Quote #1

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What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? Picture Quote #1

How much better my life has been for knowing him. For loving him, even if it’s only in the limited way that I can manage. But I never get the chance Picture Quote #1

Mutually counting on each other, watching each other’s backs, forcing each other to be brave Picture Quote #1

Do I really want him dead? What I want... what I want is to have him back Picture Quote #1

On and on we seal the pages with salt water and promises to live well to make their deaths count Picture Quote #1

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous Picture Quote #1

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Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword, you will never discover that Picture Quote #1

Not only does he hate me, and want to kill me, he no longer believes I’m human. It was less painful being strangled Picture Quote #1

I just don’t want them to change me, if I’m going to die I still want to be me Picture Quote #1

My words hang in the air. I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through the crowd. Instead I watch myself get shot on television Picture Quote #1

He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. And he chose solitude. Not solitude – that sounds too peaceful. More like solitary confinement Picture Quote #1

I keep hoping that as time passes by, we’ll regain the ease between us, but part of me knows it’s futile. There’s no going back Picture Quote #1

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That it’s no good loving me because I’m never going to get married anyway and he’d just end up hating me later instead of sooner Picture Quote #1

Something small and quiet, like a match being struck, lights up the gloom inside of me Picture Quote #1

In that one slight motion, I see the end of hope, beginning of destruction of everything I hold dear in the world. I can’t guess what form my punishment will take, how wide the net will be cast, but when it is finished there most likely be nothing left. So you would think that at this moment, I would be in utter despair Picture Quote #1

The main thing I feel is a sense of relief. That I can give up this game. That the question of whether I can succeed in this venture has been answered, even if that answer is a resounding no. That if desperate times call for desperate measures, I am free to act as desperately as I want Picture Quote #1

My spirit. This is a new thought. I’m not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I’m a fighter. In a sort of brave way. It’s not as if I’m never friendly. Okay, maybe I don’t go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but I do care for some people Picture Quote #1

I mourn my old life here. We barely scraped by, but I knew where I fit in, I knew what my place was in the tightly interwoven fabric that was our life. I wish I could go back to it because, in retrospect, it seems so secure compared to now, when I am so rich and famous and so hated by the authorities in the capitol Picture Quote #1

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I’ll tell them how I survive it. I’ll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in things 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 Picture Quote #1

I wrap my arms around his neck, feel his arms hesitate before they embrace me. Not as steady as they once were, but still warm and strong. A thousand moments surge through me. All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone for ever Picture Quote #1

Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. And a a lot of people do, out of relief that their children have been spared for another year. But at least two families will pull their shutters, lock their doors, and try to figure out how they will survive the painful weeks to come Picture Quote #1

Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father never failed to bring her gifts from the woods. The way my mother’s face would light up at the sound of his boots at the door. The way she almost stopped living when he died Picture Quote #1

This is the first kiss that we’re both fully aware of. Neither of us hobbled by sickness or pain or simply unconscious. Our lips neither burning with fever or icy cold. This is the first kiss where I actually feel stirring inside my chest. Warm and curious. This is the first kiss that makes me want another Picture Quote #1

They can fatten me up. They can give me a full body polish, dress me up, and make me beautiful again. They can design dream weapons that come to life in my hands, but they will never again brainwash me into the necessity of using them. I no longer feel allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despite being one myself Picture Quote #1

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I’m sick of people lying to me for my own good. Because really it’s mostly for their own good (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Aren’t they the very reason I have to try to fight? Because what has been done to them is so wrong, so beyond justification, so evil that there is no choice? Because no one has the right to treat them as they have been treated? (Suzanne Collins Quotes) If there’s a more helpless feeling than trying to reach someone you love who’s trapped underground, I don’t know it (Suzanne Collins Quotes) All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone forever (Suzanne Collins Quotes) That was the first time I ever saw him smile. It transformed him from someone menacing to someone you wished you knew (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I’ve spent so much time making sure I don’t underestimate my opponents that I’ve forgotten it’s just as dangerous to overestimate them as well (Suzanne Collins Quotes) What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? (Suzanne Collins Quotes) How much better my life has been for knowing him. For loving him, even if it’s only in the limited way that I can manage. But I never get the chance (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Mutually counting on each other, watching each other’s backs, forcing each other to be brave (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Do I really want him dead? What I want... what I want is to have him back (Suzanne Collins Quotes) On and on we seal the pages with salt water and promises to live well to make their deaths count (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword, you will never discover that (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Not only does he hate me, and want to kill me, he no longer believes I’m human. It was less painful being strangled (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I just don’t want them to change me, if I’m going to die I still want to be me (Suzanne Collins Quotes) My words hang in the air. I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through the crowd. Instead I watch myself get shot on television (Suzanne Collins Quotes) He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. And he chose solitude. Not solitude – that sounds too peaceful. More like solitary confinement (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I keep hoping that as time passes by, we’ll regain the ease between us, but part of me knows it’s futile. There’s no going back (Suzanne Collins Quotes) That it’s no good loving me because I’m never going to get married anyway and he’d just end up hating me later instead of sooner (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Something small and quiet, like a match being struck, lights up the gloom inside of me (Suzanne Collins Quotes) In that one slight motion, I see the end of hope, beginning of destruction of everything I hold dear in the world. I can’t guess what form my punishment will take, how wide the net will be cast, but when it is finished there most likely be nothing left. So you would think that at this moment, I would be in utter despair (Suzanne Collins Quotes) The main thing I feel is a sense of relief. That I can give up this game. That the question of whether I can succeed in this venture has been answered, even if that answer is a resounding no. That if desperate times call for desperate measures, I am free to act as desperately as I want (Suzanne Collins Quotes) My spirit. This is a new thought. I’m not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I’m a fighter. In a sort of brave way. It’s not as if I’m never friendly. Okay, maybe I don’t go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but I do care for some people (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I mourn my old life here. We barely scraped by, but I knew where I fit in, I knew what my place was in the tightly interwoven fabric that was our life. I wish I could go back to it because, in retrospect, it seems so secure compared to now, when I am so rich and famous and so hated by the authorities in the capitol (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I’ll tell them how I survive it. I’ll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in things 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 Quotes) I wrap my arms around his neck, feel his arms hesitate before they embrace me. Not as steady as they once were, but still warm and strong. A thousand moments surge through me. All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone for ever (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. And a a lot of people do, out of relief that their children have been spared for another year. But at least two families will pull their shutters, lock their doors, and try to figure out how they will survive the painful weeks to come (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father never failed to bring her gifts from the woods. The way my mother’s face would light up at the sound of his boots at the door. The way she almost stopped living when he died (Suzanne Collins Quotes) This is the first kiss that we’re both fully aware of. Neither of us hobbled by sickness or pain or simply unconscious. Our lips neither burning with fever or icy cold. This is the first kiss where I actually feel stirring inside my chest. Warm and curious. This is the first kiss that makes me want another (Suzanne Collins Quotes) They can fatten me up. They can give me a full body polish, dress me up, and make me beautiful again. They can design dream weapons that come to life in my hands, but they will never again brainwash me into the necessity of using them. I no longer feel allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despite being one myself (Suzanne Collins Quotes)

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