Mockingjay Quotes

• Frankly, our ancestors don't seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars, the broken planet. Clearly, they didn't care about what would happen to the people who came after them.

  Suzanne Collins

  War, Mean, People

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.84, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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.

  Suzanne Collins

  Song, Catching On, Flames

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.981, Scholastic Inc.

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

  Suzanne Collins

  Lonely, Matter, I Can

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.198, Scholastic Inc.

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• I'm going to be the Mockingjay.

  Suzanne Collins

  "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2011.

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• It's impossible to be the Mockingjay. Impossible to complete even this one sentence. Because now I know that everything I say will be directly taken out on Peeta. Result in his torture. But not his death, no nothing so merciful as that. Snow will ensure that his life is much worse than death.

  Suzanne Collins

  Taken, Snow, Impossible

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.162, Scholastic Inc.

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• You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it must look like a grimace. Peeta's alive.

  Suzanne Collins

  Feelings, Looks, Alive

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.27, Scholastic Inc.

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• Yeah, we wouldn't want to lose our little Mockingjay when she's finally begun to sing.

  Suzanne Collins

  Want, Littles, Yeah

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.108, Scholastic Inc.

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• Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this" -- he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose -- "distracting?" I laugh. Boggs looks embarrassed and Finnick looks more like the guy I met at the Quarter Quell

  Suzanne Collins

  Laughing, Guy, Leaving

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.79, Scholastic Inc.

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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 anything 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

  Morning, Taken, Years

  "Mockingjay". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2010.

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• I begin to fully understand the lengths to which people have gone to protect me. What I mean to the rebels. My on going struggle against the Capitol, which has so often felt like a solitary journey, has not been undertaken alone. I have had thousands upon thousands of people from the districts at my side. I was their Mockingjay long before I accepted the role.

  Suzanne Collins

  Struggle, Mean, Journey

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.90, Scholastic Inc.

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• I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I yank my head back in confusion to find myself looking into Peeta’s eyes, only now they hold my gaze. Blood runs from the teeth marks on the hand he clamped over my nightlock. “Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t,” he says.

  Suzanne Collins

  Running, Rip, Eye

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• Don't let him take you from me.

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss And Peeta, Katniss Peeta, Peeta

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.314, Scholastic Inc.

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• I knew you'd kiss me." "How?" I say. Because I didn't know myself. "Because I am in pain," He say's. "That's the only way I get your attention.

  Suzanne Collins

  Pain, Kissing, Attention

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• Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.

  Suzanne Collins

  Sorry, Heart, Mockingjay Book

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.191, Scholastic

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• While I was waiting...I ate your lunch.

  Suzanne Collins

  Lunch, Waiting, Haymitch

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.111, Scholastic Inc.

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• But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

  Suzanne Collins

  Memories, Stupid, Thinking

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.297, Scholastic

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• And we must fight back! President Snow says he's sending us a message? Well, I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that? Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!

  Suzanne Collins

  Fighting, Fire, President Snow

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.106, Scholastic Inc.

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• There's a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to you. Don't give up on him.

  Suzanne Collins

  Giving Up, Love You, Don't Give Up

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.184, Scholastic Inc.

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• Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Strange things did happen here. No stranger would let it be if we met up At midnight in the hanging tree.

  Suzanne Collins

  Tree, Midnight, Rope

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

  Suzanne Collins

  Life, Fall, I Hate You

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

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• I’m in pain. That’s the only way I get your attention

  Suzanne Collins

  Pain, Attention, Way

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• You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real.

  Suzanne Collins

  Love, Real, President Snow

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.388, Scholastic Inc.

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

  Suzanne Collins

  Morning, I Hate You, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

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• Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt. Neighbor. Hunter. Tribute. Ally. I'll add it to the list of words I use to try to figure you out. The problem is, I can't tell what's real anymore, and what's made up.

  Suzanne Collins

  Real, Enemy, Trying

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• Well you are a piece of work aren't you?

  Suzanne Collins

  Kissing Him, Pieces, Wells

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.232, Scholastic Inc.

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