Quotes from Suzanne Collins

Dit is zeker geen goed moment om te zeggen dat ik een pop aan een strop heb gehangen en daar de naam van Seneca Crane op heb geschilderd? - Katniss

In school, they tell us the Capitol was built in a place once called the Rockies. District 12 was in a region known as Appalachia.

mes genoux, les bras autour de mon cou, la tête contre

No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew — just like your mother — I was a goner,

Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch — this is the Capitol's way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. "Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there's nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.

But the apples must have set off enough mines, causing debris to activate the others.

the joy of seeing Peeta alive and unharmed, his defense of my innocence in collaborating

school, they tell us the Capitol was built in a place once called the Rockies. District 12 was in a region known as Appalachia. Even hundreds of years ago, they mined coal here. Which is why our miners have to dig so deep.

Gale and I directly disobeyed orders yesterday, and Boggs has the injury to prove it. Surely, there will be repercussions, but will they go so far as Coin annulling our agreement for the victors' immunity? Have I stripped Peeta of what little protection I could give him?

wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and live in it forever," he says.

Behind me, I can hear the accusations against Peeta building. The words traitor, liar, and enemy bounce off the walls.

You love me. Real or not real? Real.

Lmao I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

it means that I will never stop owing Finnick Odair. Ever. So how can I kill him in his sleep?

There's something else there as well, something entirely her own. An ability to look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they are.

But mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge, "They're just songbirds. Right?

You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it must look like a grimace. Peeta's alive. And a traitor. But at the moment, I don't care. Not what he says, or who he says it for, only that he is still capable of speech.

It's not just hunting. They're armed. They think," I say. "So do you. And you've had more practice. Real practice," he says. "You know how to kill." "Not people," I say. "How different can it be, really?" says Gale grimly. The awful thing is that if I can forget they're people, it will be no different at all.

Naked bodies are no big deal in the arena, right?

Cato kneels beside Clove, spear in hand, begging her to stay with him.

I bet my buttons

So after, when he whispers, "You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real".

Las guerras se ganan con la cabeza, no con el corazón.

That's when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I've seen someone do. It's like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years. But there are much worse games to play.