Suzanne Collins: Trending quotes (page 11)

“To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.”

“So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.”

“Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream.”

“They more than do their work, they take pride in it. Like Cinna.”

“Katniss: I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off.
Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final defence of the dying. (252)”

“Well, I can't leave Mags behind," says Finnick. "She's one of the few people who actually likes me.”

“hey. I just wanted to make sure you got home," I say. "Katniss, I live three houses away from you," he says.”

“I'm going to be the Mockingjay.”

“Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.”

“Katniss, there is no District Twelve…”

“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.”

“Beauty that arose out of pain.”

“I'm sure they didn't notice anything but you. You should wear flames more often," he says. "They suit you.”

“You never know. Say the arena's actually a giant cake-"
"Say we move on," I broke in.”

“I walk around the room eating goose liver and puffy bread until there's a knock on the door. Effie's calling me to dinner.

Good. I'm starving.”

“So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.”

“I still stand by what I said. Do you want me to lie about it?' he asks.
'No, I want you to rethink it and come up with the right opinion,' I tell him.”

“He frosted under heavy guard.”

“Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it.”