Suzanne Collins Catching Quotations

You've got to go through it to get to the end of it.

When you're in the arena...you just remember who the enemy is" - Haymitch

I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

Aim higher in case you fall short.

So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.

And to us, we're more married than any piece of paper or big party could make us.

I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.

Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel. "You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says.

I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself.

‎I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay right here and cause all kinds of trouble.

Sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

I do think you're mad and I'll still go with you.

So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends. - Peeta Mellark

Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a spark that, left unattended, may grow to an inferno that destroys Panem," he says.

This is no place for a girl on fire.

I don't know what I expected from my first meeting with Peeta after the announcement. A few hugs and kisses. A little comfort maybe. Not this. I turn to Haymitch. "Don't worry, I'll get you more liquor.

I don't like self-righteous people," I say. "What's to like?" says Haymitch, who begins sucking the dregs out of the empty bottles.

Tick tock, this is a clock.

So I only say, "So what should we do with our last few days?" "I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you," Peeta replies.

I’m stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta.

You're hideous, you know that, right?

Look, if you wanted to be babied you should have asked Peeta.

Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. I can't help enjoying his distress. "Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say. "It must be. The sensation's completely new. How have you managed it all these years?" he asks. "Just avoid mirrors. You'll forget about it," I say. "Not if I keep looking at you," he says.

Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable.

Katniss, the girl who was on fire!

The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion.

That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish.

At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.

It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.

Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Especially if the target is unprepared.

Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness...except possibly when it comes to you.

If you die and i live there's no life for me back in District 12. You're my whole life. I would never be happy again.

No wonder I won the Games. NO decent person ever does.

But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me. "Katniss, there is no district twelve.