Suzanne Collins I Quotations

It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.

i can win but you cant lose, this makes us all even in our ways.

Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it.

No more fear of hunger. A new kind of freedom. But what then ... what? What would my life be like on a daily basis? Most of it has been consumed with the acquisition of food. Take that away and I'm not really sure who I am, what my identity is. The idea scares me some.

But in my head I can hear Haymitch's smug, if slightly exasperated, words: "Yes, that's what I'm looking for, sweetheart.

And here I am, strapped into a tree, a stone's throw from the biggest idiot in the games.

because I have learned the hard way how deadly these beauties can be.

I flee what I can't fight. What can only do me harm.

For a second, I'm afraid he's dying. I have to remind myself that I don't care.

The berries. I realize the answer to who I am lies in that handful of poisonous fruit. If I held them out to save Peeta because I knew I would be shunned if I came back without him, then I am despicable. If I held them out because I loved him, I am still self-centered, although forgivable. But if I held them out to defy the capitol, I am someone of worth. The trouble is, I don't know exactly what was going on inside me at that moment.

I stare at the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not.

Because I can't handle the nightmares. Not without you.

I will never give up if you never give in.

I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.

Come on and eat with him. I promise, I won't let him kiss you again.

Who says i can't handle it? I can handle it," said Gregor obviously not handling it.