Quotes from book
Mockingjay

Mockingjay is a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is the last installment of The Hunger Games, following 2008's The Hunger Games and 2009's Catching Fire. The book continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, who agrees to unify the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical Capitol.


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“They don't know that I'm already asking for the moon.”

Source: Mockingjay

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“Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences.”

Katniss (p. 377)
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (2010)
Context: I no longer feel any allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despite being one myself. I think that Peeta was onto something about us destroying one another and letting some decent species take over. Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences.

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Suzanne Collins photo
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“there's plenty of blame to go around.”

Source: Mockingjay

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Suzanne Collins photo
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“People don't need wings to survive"
"Mockingjays do.”

Source: Mockingjay

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Suzanne Collins photo
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“And did you love me?”

Mockingjay

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“Haymitch in my head full-time. Horrifying”

Haymitch Abernathy and Katniss (pp. 110-111)
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (2010)
Context: "This is your earpiece. I will give you exactly one more chance to wear it. If you remove it from your ear again, I'll have you fitted with this." He holds up some sort of metal headgear that I instantly name the head shackle. "It's an alternative audio unit that locks around your skull and under your chin until it's opened with a key. And I'll have the only key. If for some reason you're clever enough to disable it,"—Haymitch dumps the head shackle on the bed and whips out a tiny silver chip—"I'll authorize them to surgically implant this transmitter into your ear so that I may speak to you twenty-four hours a day."
Haymitch in my head full-time. Horrifying. "I'll keep the earpiece in," I mutter.

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“Anything else?"

Haymitch rises to go. "While I was waiting… I ate your lunch.”

Variant: While I was waiting... I ate your lunch.
Source: Mockingjay