Mockingjay Quotes

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

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

“What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.”

“Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!”

“I must have loved you a lot.”

“Never underestimate the power of a brilliant stylist.”

“It isn’t enough, what I’ve done in the past, defying the Capitol in the Games, providing a rallying point. I must now become the actual leader, the face, the voice, the embodiment of the revolution.”

“None of the people we lost were idiots. They knew what they were doing. They followed you because they believed you really could kill Snow.”

“I’m in Cinna’s Mockingjay suit, the only scars visible are on my neck, forearms, and hands. Octavia secures my Mockingjay pin over my heart and we step back to look in the mirror. I can’t believe how normal they’ve made me look on the outside when inwardly I’m such a wasteland.”

“Maybe I’ll be like that man in ‘The Hanging Tree’. Still waiting for an answer.”

“The problem is, I can’t tell what real anymore, and what’s made up.”

“Why am I not dead? I should be dead. It would best for everyone if I were dead.”

“Because that’s what you and I do. Protect each other.”

“They’ll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.”

“Miss Everdeen I thought we had agreed not to lie to each other.”

“All of these months of taking it for granted that Peeta thought I was wonderful are over. Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it.”

“Let the Seventy-sixth Hunger Games begin!”

“Heart pounding, adrenaline burning through me, everyone is my enemy. Except Gale. My hunting partner, the person who has my back. There’s nothing to do but move forward, killing whoever come into our path.”

“I knew I’d misjudged you. That you do love him. I’m not saying in what way. Maybe you don’t know yourself. But anyone paying attention could see how much you care about him.”

“Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can’t survive without.”