Quotes from Suzanne Collins

What little urine I've been able to pass is a dark brown,

People of Panem, we fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice!

M'agradaria poder congelar aquest moment, just ara, aquí, i viure'l per sempre.

I want to tell the rebels that I am alive. That I'm right here in District Eight, where the Capitol has just bombed a hospital full of unarmed men, women and children. There will be no survivors.

It's better for him than Johanna. 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,

Why don't you just be yourself? … No one can help but admire your spirit." s ~ The Hunger Games

So cold, so bitterly cold tonight. As if the Gamemakers have sent an infusion of frozen air across the arena, which may be exactly what they've done. I lie next to Peeta in the bag, trying to absorb every bit of his fever heat. It's strange to be so physically close to someone who's so distant. Peeta might as well be back in the Capitol, or in District 12, or on the moon right now, he'd be no harder to reach. I've never felt lonelier since the Games began

Avançar lentament és millor que no avançar gens.

Like bait?" I say to the ceiling. "Like how they'll use Annie for bait, Finnick?" I can hear him weeping but I don't care.

I almost fall out of the tree.

What I want . . . what I want is to have him back.

Of course, I hate the Capitol, but I have no confidence that my being the Mockingjay will benefit those who are trying to bring it down.

No em poden fer mal. […] Ja no queda ningú que m'estimi.

To imagine that on either side we lack intelligence, strength, or courage would be a mistake." "But surely, you're not comparing our children to theirs?" asked Lucky. "One look tells you ours are a superior breed." "One look tells you ours have had more food, nicer clothing, and better dental care," said Dean Highbottom. "Assuming anything more, a physical, mental, or especially a moral superiority, would be a mistake.

he was killed during interrogation. Brilliant, enigmatic, lovely Cinna is dead because of me.

Four people wheel out a huge wedding cake from a side room. Most of the guests back up, making way for this rarity, this dazzling creation with blue-green, white-tipped icing waves swimming with fish and sailboats, seals and sea flowers. But I push my way through the crowd to confirm what I knew at first sight.

She has no idea. The effect she can have." He runs his fingernail along the wood grain in the table, refusing to look at me.

I wake screaming from nightmares of mutts and lost children. But his arms are there to comfort me. And eventually his lips.

It suggested a tale that could only end in tragedy. Star-crossed lovers meeting their fate. A revenge story turned in on itself. A war saga that took no prisoners.

Mientras conducía a Coriolanus a la cocina, él se recordó que le autocontrol era una habilidad esencial y que debía sentirse agradecido por las oportunidades que su abuela le ofrecía todos los días para practicarlo.

Si tu mors i jo visc, a mi no m'espera cap mena de vida […]. Tu ets tota la meva vida. Mai més no tornaria a ser feliç.

But surely, you're not comparing our children to theirs?" asked Lucky. "One look tells you ours are a superior breed." "One look tells you ours have had more food, nicer clothing, and better dental care," said Dean Highbottom. "Assuming anything more, a physical, mental, or especially a moral superiority, would be a mistake. That sort of hubris almost finished us off in the war.

The last tribute alive

I'm not convinced that we are all as inherently violent as you say, but it takes very little to bring the beast to the surface, at least under the cover of darkness.