Quotes from Suzanne Collins

Now comes a truly fantastic montage of the battle.

It's OK. It's just her hormones from the baby.

dripping-wet Gloss

Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.

Our part of District 12, nicknamed the Seam, is usually crawling with coal miners heading out to the morning shift at this hour.

It's a lot easier to lose your head than to keep it.

Now I smile. "How's everything with you?" I call down cheerfully. This takes them aback, but I know the crowd will love it.

I avoid looking at anyone as I take tiny spoonfuls of fish soup. The saltiness reminds me of my tears.

wrap my arms tightly around his neck before he can order me to do push-ups or something. Instead he pulls me in close and buries his face in my hair. Warmth radiates from the spot where his lips just touch my neck, slowly spreading through the rest of me. It feels so good, so impossibly good, that I know I will not be the first to let go.

But I'm not convinced I won't be perfectly barbecued by the time we reach the city's center.

Un par de agentes de la paz arrastran al anciano que silbó hasta la parte superior de los escalones, lo obligan a ponerse de rodillas delante de la multitud y le meten un balazo en la cabeza.

IF WE BURN YOU BURN WITH US The words catch fire and the whole screen burns to blackness.

As if on cue, Haymitch falls off the stage, and they groan comically.

I think of Gale, who is only really alive in the woods, with its fresh air and sunlight and clean, flowing water. I don't know how he stands it. Well … yes, I do. He stands it because it's the way

condition of the coal mines. A squad of Peacekeepers checking for returning refugees.

leader is only as strong as the force that stands behind him.

while Peeta was the very model of what a young man should be, I wasn't old enough to have any boyfriend at all.

Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do, especially if the target is unprepared. I

from a place of protection to a sinister trap. I know at some point we'll be forced to reenter its depths, either to hunt or be hunted, but for right now I'm planning to stick

Just then, Haymitch staggers into the compartment. "I miss supper?" he says in a slurred voice. Then he vomits all over the expensive carpet and falls in the mess. "So laugh away!" says Effie Trinket.

El pájaro, el broche, la canción, las bayas, el reloj, la galleta, el vestido que estalló en llamas. Yo soy el sinsajo. La que sobrevivió a pesar de los planes del Capitolio, el símbolo de la rebelión.

The point of my arrow shifts upward. I release the string. And President Coin collapses over the side of the balcony and plunges to the ground. Dead.

So, you're supposed to give us advice," I say to Haymitch. "Here's some advice. Stay alive," says Haymitch, and then bursts out laughing.

Because he never underestimates the cruelty of those we face.