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Quotes About Reality

Maybe I'd think that, too, Caesar," says Petta bitterly, "if it weren't for the baby." There. He's done it again.
~ Suzanne Collins
I thought he wanted it, anyway," I say. "Not like this," Haymitch says. "He wanted it to be real.
~ Suzanne Collins
Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream. [...] When I fully awaken, I'm momentarily comforted. I try to hold on to the peaceful feeling of the dream, but it quickly slips away, leaving me sadder than ever.
~ Suzanne Collins
You want a piece of advice?" said Ripred. "Don't bother. I know what you'll say. The whole thing's stupid," said Gregor. "Quite the contrary. I was going to say that life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don't pretend that one isn't happening." said Ripred.
~ Suzanne Collins
Embrace the probability of your imminent death....and know there is nothing i can do to save you.
~ Suzanne Collins
Jackson has devised a game called "Real or Not Real" to help Peeta. He mentions something he thinks happened, and they tell him if it's true or imagined, usually followed by a brief explanation.
~ Suzanne Collins
For the last year his grandma had been slipping in and out of reality. One minute she was as clear as a bell and the next she was calling him Simon. Who was Simon? He had no idea.
~ Suzanne Collins
Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the Capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams." Annie, who's on Johanna's other side, does that thing where she covers her ears and exits reality. Finnick shoots Johanna an angry look as his arm encircles Annie. "What? My head doctor says I'm not supposed to censor my thoughts. It's part of my therapy," replies Johanna.
~ Suzanne Collins
Look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they really are.
~ Suzanne Collins
Each day i wake and think at last this nightmare is over. But it never is.
~ Suzanne Collins
Just because people starve in a book, doesn't mean that we will starve in the future....
~ Suzanne Collins
Whatever the truth is, I don't see how it will help me get food on the table.
~ Suzanne Collins
To me, there's no point in talking about things that might have been.
~ Suzanne Collins
I will never have a life with Gale even if I want to.
~ Suzanne Collins
There are still moments when you can tell something slips into her brain and another world blinds her to us. But a few words from Finnick call her back
~ Suzanne Collins
I'm only human, Odair!
~ Suzanne Collins
Yo despierto gritando por pesadillas. Pero sus brazos están ahí para confortarme. Y finalmente sus labios. Y sólo él puede darme eso. Él susurra: Tú me amas. ¿Real o no real?.. Yo digo: -Real..
~ Suzanne Collins
Una última vez? ¿Para la audiencia? —me dice, no en tono enfadado, sino hueco, lo que es mucho peor. El chico del pan empieza a alejarse de mí. Lo cojo de la mano con fuerza, preparándome para las cámaras y temiendo el momento en que no me quede más remedio que dejarlo marchar.
~ Suzanne Collins
They, or should I say we, are the very embodiment of hope where there is no hope. And now twenty-three of us will be killed to show how even that hope was an illusion.
~ Suzanne Collins
The truth is, it benefits no one to live in a world where these things happen.
~ Suzanne Collins
Real or not real? I am on fire.
~ Suzanne Collins
life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don't pretend that one isn't happening.
~ Suzanne Collins
You love me. Real or not real?
~ Suzanne Collins
It was a lie but people believed it, while no one seemed to believe the truth. Whatever that was.
~ Suzanne Collins