16 Top Sunrise on the Reaping Quotes (with page numbers)
1. “And that’s part of our trouble. Thinking things are inevitable. Not believing change is possible.” Sunrise on the Reaping quotes, pg. 16
2. “That’s when I see Lenore Dove. She’s up on a ridge, her red dress plastered to her body, one hand clutching the bag of gumdrops. As the train passes, she tilts her head back and wails her loss and rage into the wind. And even though it guts me, even though I smash my fists into the glass until they bruise, I’m grateful for her final gift. That she’s denied Plutarch the chance to broadcast our farewell. The moment our hearts shattered? It belongs to us.” Sunrise on the Reaping quotes, pg. 41
3. “Seems the Capitol has to convince its own citizens, too.” Sunrise on the Reaping quotes, pg. 66
4. “And nobody tells them what to say. That bird is who I want to be when I grow up. Someone who says whatever they think is right, no matter what.” Sunrise on the Reaping quotes, pg. 73
5. “For all their finery, the audience smells like the gang at the Hob on a rough Saturday night, a mix of perspiration, raw liquor, and vomit.” Sunrise on the Reaping quotes, pg. 80
6. “They want to take Louella away, to hide her tidily in a wooden box along with their crimes, and ship her home to District 12. They don’t want to feature this death on the Capitol’s watch, unplanned and highlighting their incompetence. This is not the blood they want to paint their posters with.” Sunrise on the Reaping, pg. 83
7. “…this is still being recorded and possibly aired, at least in the Capitol, maybe it does make a difference if I resist as best I can. Maybe this is where I paint my own poster.” Sunrise on the Reaping, pg. 84
8. “You are on a high horse, mister. And someday someone will knock you off it straight into your grave.” Sunrise on the Reaping, pg. 85
9. “I’d rather be despised than ignored.” Sunrise on the Reaping, pg. 88
10. “As I open the bathroom door, I try to decide if I should feel embarrassed about my outburst, and realize I don’t give a hang what anyone thinks anyway.” Sunrise on the Reaping, pg. 99
11. “Every year we let them herd us into their killing machine. Every year they pay no price for the slaughter. They just throw a big party and box up our bodies like presents for our families to open back home.” Sunrise on the Reaping, pg. 111
12. “Games or no Games, if you’ve got a decent bone in your body, you hate a bully.” Sunrise on the Reaping, pg. 124
13. “…if you can get people to laugh at someone, it makes them look weak.” Sunrise on the Reaping, pg. 191
14. “Sometimes she cries because things are so beautiful and we keep messing them up. Because the world doesn’t have to be so terrifying. That’s on people, not the world.” Sunrise on the Reaping, pg. 200
15. “I know it might be wiser to embrace my death now, but there’s something in a person that wants to live. Even if it’s only for a few more hours.” Sunrise on the Reaping, pg. 257
16. “I could still blow a nice, big hole in the side of their shiny, golden horn. Leave it smoldering and defaced in the center of their pretty little meadow. A twisted and ugly reminder of the history of the Hunger Games. A horn of plenty for the few. Desperation for many. Destruction for all.” Sunrise on the Reaping, pg. 327
