We could do it, you know." "What?" "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it.
Suzanne CollinsYou canโt miss your schedule. Every morning, youโre supposed to stick your right arm in this contraption in the wall. It tattoos the smooth inside of your forearm with your schedule for the day in a sickly purple ink. 7:00โBreakfast. 7:30โKitchen Duties. 8:30โEducation Center, Room 17. And so on. The ink is indelible until 22:00โBathing
Suzanne CollinsWe had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss," says Plutarch. "While you live, the revolution lives.
Suzanne CollinsTo the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. Not even the ones holding betting slips, the ones who are usually beyond caring. Possibly because they know me from the Hob, or knew my father, or have encountered Prim, who no one could help loving. So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.
Suzanne Collins