Marissa

“Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes, and when again they open, the sun will rise.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“The realization that I’d have nothing to take home had finally sunk in. My knees buckled and I slid down the tree trunk to its roots. It was too much. I was too sick and weak and tired, oh, so tired. Let them call the Peacekeepers and take us to the community home, I thought. Or better yet, let me die right here in the rain.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Scores only matter if they’re very good, no one pays much attention to the bad or mediocre ones.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. So Peeta begins pointing it out to me, insisting I acknowledge its progress and sometimes, for just a moment I feel a flicker of hope before the agony of the night engulfs me again.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games