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Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

Suzanne Collins
President Snow, Stronger, Littles
"The Hunger Games". m.imdb.com. 2012.

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.

Some walks you have to take alone.

Suzanne Collins
Walks, Mockingjay Book, Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.5, Scholastic Inc.

If you had hope, maybe you could find a way to make things change,. Because if you thought about it, there were so many reasons to try.

Suzanne Collins
Trying, Way, Things Change
Suzanne Collins (2010). “The Underland Chronicles #5: Gregor and the Code of Claw”, p.411, Scholastic Inc.

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

Suzanne Collins
Catching On, Forever, Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.245, Scholastic Inc.

Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does.

Suzanne Collins
Katniss, Giving, Doe
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.174, Scholastic Inc.

But the words are easy and soothing, promising tomorrow will be more hopeful than this awful piece o time we call today.

Suzanne Collins
Hopeful, Pieces, Awful
Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.234, Scholastic Inc.

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.

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

If you hit bottom, there's a whole lot of people here to help you up

Suzanne Collins
People, Helping, Bottom

Destroying things is much easier than making them.

Suzanne Collins
Inspirational, Hunger Games Book, Easier
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.206, Scholastic Inc.

Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun.

Suzanne Collins
Mean, Winning, Games
Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.379, Scholastic Inc.

We fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice.

Suzanne Collins
Fighting, Justice, Hunger
Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.71, Scholastic Inc.

Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.

Suzanne Collins
Giving, Stories, World

It sends out a very clear message: "Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children.

Suzanne Collins
Children, Messages, Clear

I don't want to cry. Everyone will make note of my tears and I'll be marked as an easy target. A weakling. I will give no one that satisfaction.

Suzanne Collins
Giving, Tears, Target
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.23, Scholastic Inc.

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

As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.

Suzanne Collins
Katniss, Long, Finding Yourself
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.47, Scholastic Inc.

Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.

Suzanne Collins
Life, Eye, Fire
Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.762, Scholastic UK

I see now that the circumstances of ones birth are irrelevent. it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are

Suzanne Collins
Anime, Pokemon, Birth

If I'm going to die, I want to still be me

Suzanne Collins
Want, Stills, Dies

The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins.

Suzanne Collins
Girl, Fighting, Winning
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.20, Scholastic Inc.

An ability to look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they are.

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

My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They're the ones we naturally remember the best, after all.

Suzanne Collins
Wisdom, Memories, Roots

It's not easy to find a topic. Talking of home is painful. Talking of the present unbearable.

Suzanne Collins
Home, Talking, Topics
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.92, Scholastic Inc.

District 12. Where you can starve to death in safety," I mutter. Then I glance quickly over my shoulder. Even here, in the middle of nowhere, you worry someone might overhear you.

Suzanne Collins
Safety, Worry, Middle Of Nowhere
Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.8, Scholastic Inc.

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