Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

by Suzanne Collins

It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”

“Oh, not now. Now we’re in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated,” he says. “But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We’re fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.