Julia > Julia's Quotes

“They will not use my tears for their entertainment.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“I love you like all-fire.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“The snow may fall, but the sun also rises.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“And while Lenore Dove will forever be my true love, Louella is my one and only sweetheart.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“A cannon fires. Somewhere, Beetee’s heart breaks into fragments so small it can never be repaired.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“Good-bye, Maysilee Donner, who I loathed, then grudgingly respected, then loved. Not as a sweetheart or even a friend. A sister, I’d said. But what is that exactly? I think about our journey — everything from sniping with her in those early days after the reaping to battling those pink birds. I guess that’s my answer. A sister is someone you fight with and fight for. Tooth and nail.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“I don't want to beg. Or plead for my life. I want to go out with my head up.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“It’s okay to cry around Mags.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“Happy birthday, Haymitch!”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“No one but me will paint this poster.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“This is better, I tell myself. Better than dying in the arena. Better than weasels and starvation and swords. I’m embracing that when I realize the blood isn’t mine. That fate isn’t mine. And the tribute who’s escaped the arena is Louella.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“Sloane slipped an arm around my waist. "There are fourteen varieties of hugs," she said. "This is one of them.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“If looks could kill, Lia would have been dead on the floor, and I would have been on trial for murder.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“I wanted to shut myself in my room, collapse on my bed, and figure out what the Hello Kitty had happened that afternoon.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“He was aiming at Special Agent Lacey Locke.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“because you weren’t the one who killed my mother.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“You put the card on top of the package. You scrawl her name on the outside, each letter a labor of love. C-A-S-S-I-E.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“You”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“Beside me, Dean repeated his command for Michael to lower the gun. Michael closed his eyes. He lowered his weapon, and the second he did, the sound of gunfire tore through the air. One shot. Two shots.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“And then I screamed. Nestled in the tissue paper was a lock of red hair.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“From me, to you.” Lia arched an eyebrow and tossed the card back on the table. “How romantic.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“My name is Kiva Meridan, and I claim her sentence as my own.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“But, Papa, the endings are the best part.
Sometimes, sweetheart. But other times, the beginnings are.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Mother is dead.
I'm on my way to Vallenia.
It's time to reclaim our kingdom.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“The Rebel Queen may have perished at Zandilov, but her daughter was alive and well, and free of Zandilov after ten long years.
The Rebel Princess was finally ready to rise.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“My middle name is Jaren—that’s what my friends and family call me.” Pointedly, he said, “That’s what you call me, too.” “Not Prince Jaren?” Kiva asked. “No, just Jaren.” “What about Your Highness?” He pulled a face. “Definitely not.” “Your Grace?” “I’m not a duke.” “Your Excellency?” “Nor a lord.” “Your Majesty?” “Please stop.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Congratulations, you're about to die together" Warden Rook”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Never apologize for loving someone. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“So you’re the middle child,” Kiva observed. “That explains a lot.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“Be the light in the dark.”
― Lynette Noni, The Gilded Cage