Quotes from Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

I really can't think about kissing when I've got a rebellion to incite.

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

I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.

We are what no one wants to miss at the party. I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.

Aim higher in case you fall short.

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

Either you came in here a swimmer or you'd better be a really fast learner

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

Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don't want to miss any of them.

Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.

Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?

I look coolly in to the blue eyes of the person who is now my greatest opponent, the person who would keep me alive at his own expense. And I promise myself I will defeat his plan.

Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable. Why did it take him being whipped within an inch of his life to see it?

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 thought he wanted it, anyway, " I say. "Not like this, " Haymitch says. "He wanted it to be real.

Not like this. He wanted it to be real.