Quotes from Suzanne Collins

It gets a little tedious after all these years, but there are much worse games to play.

He started arguing with himself like he was two people.

He'll probably be kissing me anyway. I wonder if it will feel like those last kisses on the beach in the arena,

Flee from what you can't fight.

So supportive. So duplicitous. So self-destructive. Like a moth to a flame.

A mi no se'm permet apostar, però, si pogués, ho faria per tu.

thinking that he's being tortured specifically to incapacitate me is unendurable. And it's under the weight of this revelation that I truly begin to break.

President Snow once admitted to me that the Capitol was fragile. At the time, I didn't know what he meant. It was hard to see clearly because I was so afraid. Now I'm not. The Capitol's fragile because it depends on the districts for everything. Food, energy, even the Peacekeepers that police us. If we declare our freedom, the Capitol collapses. President Snow, thanks to you, I'm officially declaring mine today.

We both know they have to have a victor.

Katniss, gràcies per trobar-me.

I fumble. I'm not as smooth with words as Peeta. And while I was talking, the idea of actually losing Peeta hit me again and I realized how much I don't want him to die. And it's not about the sponsors. And it's not about what will happen back home. And it's not just that I don't want to be alone. It's him. I do not want to lose the boy with the bread.

At the time, I didn't know what he meant. It was hard to see clearly because I was so afraid. Now I'm not. The Capitol's fragile because it depends on the districts for everything. Food, energy, even the Peacekeepers that police us. If we declare our freedom, the Capitol collapses. President Snow, thanks to you, I'm officially declaring mine today.

He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. And he chose solitude. Not solitude — that sounds too peaceful. More like solitary confinement.

Si es mor, mai no acabaré de tornar a casa, realment.

somos los trágicos amantes del Distrito 12, los que han sufrido tanto y han disfrutado tan poco de la recompensa de su victoria, los que no buscan el favor de los admiradores, ni los agasajan con sonrisas, ni aceptan sus besos. No perdonamos. Y me encanta. Por fin soy yo misma.

Before anyone can ask anything, I empty my game bag and it becomes 18:00 — Cat Adoration.

I heard Coin say, "I told you we should have rescued the boy first." Meaning Peeta. I couldn't agree more. He would've been an excellent mouthpiece.

Finnick is trying to console me about Peeta. "They'll figure out he doesn't know anything pretty fast. And they won't kill him if they think they can use him against you.

As Finnick moves to take my seat before the camera, Haymitch tells him, "You don't have to do this." "Yes, I do. If it will help her." Finnick balls up his rope in his hand. "I'm ready.

The Hunger Games are a reminder of our past, a reminder of the Dark Days when the Capitol waged war on its own people. The Games remind us of the importance of maintaining peace and of the necessity of sacrifice.

Felices Juegos del Hambre! ¡Y que la suerte esté siempre, siempre de su parte!

De vegades a les persones els passen coses per a les quals, en aquell moment, no estan preparades.

Because no one has the right to treat them as they have been treated?

Dormim? No ho sé. Ens passem la nit abraçats, en un país a mig camí dels somnis i la vetlla. No parlem. Tots dos tenim por de destorbar l'altre en l'esperança que serem capaços d'emmagatzemar uns quants minuts preciosos per descansar.