Quotes from Suzanne Collins

I try to forgive her for my father's sake. But to be honest, I'm not the forgiving type.

For what? Nothing's going on here," he says. "Besides I like watching you sleep. You don't scowl. Improves your looks a lot.

Do you want me to lie about it?" ... "No I want you to rethink it and come up with the right opinion.

Saber apreciar la belleza no es lo mismo que sentir debilidad.

His mind could fixate on a problem like that — anything, really — and not let go. As if controlling one element of his world would keep him from ruin. It was a bad habit that blinded him to other things that could harm him. A tendency towards obsession was hardwired into his brain and would likely be his undoing if he couldn't learn to outsmart it.

As I drift off, I try to imagine that world, somewhere in the future, with no Games, no Capitol. A place like the meadow in the song I sang to Rue as she died. Where Peeta's child could be safe.

In other words, I step out of line and we're all dead.

I wish I could think of a way to show them that they don't own me. If I'm going to die, I still want to be me.

El se queda paralizado, aunque no se aparta, así que sigo acariciándole dulcemente el cabello. Es la primera vez que lo toco por voluntad propia desde la última arena. -Sigues intentando protegerme. ¿Real o no? -susurra. -Real -respondo; quizá deba explicarlo mejor-. Porque eso es lo que nosotros dos hacemos: nos protegemos el uno al otro. [pp.327]

What say you, Luxa?" said Vikus. "What can I say, Vikus? Can I return to our people and tell them I withdrew from the quest when our survival hangs in the balance?" said Luxa bitterly. "Of course you cannot, Luxa. This is why he times it so," said Henry. "You could choose to - " started Vikus. "I could choose! I could choose!" retorted Luxa. " Do not offer me a choice when you know none exits!" She and Henry turned their backs on Vikus.

There's no district 12 to escape from now, no Peacekeepers to trick, no hungry mouths to feed. The Capitol took away all of that, and I'm on the verge of losing Gale as well. The glue of mutual needs that bonded us so tightly together for all those years is melting away.

A faint light burned in the pit revealing a furry creature hunched over a stone slab, fiddling with something. At first Gregor raised a warning hand. He thought it was a rat. Then the creature lifted his head and Gregor recognized what was left of his dad.

Everything is about them, not the dying boys and girls in the arena.

Something keeps me moving forward, though. A lifetime of watching the Hunger Games lets me know that certain areas of the arena are rigged for certain attacks. And that if I can just get away from this section, I might be able to move out of reach of the launchers. I might also then fall straight into a pit of vipers, but I can't worry about that now.

Star-crossed lovers meeting their fate.

I know,' says Greasy Sae. 'But you've got to go through it to get to the end of it. Better not be late.

The most exciting thing either of us does is nap.

Small, bluish tubers that don't look like much but boiled or baked are as good as any patato. 'Katniss,' I said aloud. It's the plant I was named for. And I heard my father's voice joking, 'As long as you can find yourself, you'll never starve.

Scores only matter if they're very good, no one pays much attention to the bad or mediocre ones.

Por qué me lo cuentas ahora? -Porque no quiero que olvides lo distintas que son nuestras circunstancias. Si mueres y yo vivo, no quedará nada para mí en el Distrito 12. Tú lo eres todo para mí -me dice-. Nunca volvería a ser feliz. [pp. 367]

We'll get new dreams out there...

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.

I'm bad news, all right," said Coriolanus.

Cato kneels beside Clove, spear in hand, begging her to stay with him. In a moment, he will realize it's futile, she can't be saved.