Quotes About Adaptation

That's the one thing I think my head doctor might be right about. There's no going back. So we might as well get on with things.

Arréglate la cola, patito.

It takes some adjusting from a bow to a gun, but by the end of the day, I've got the best score in my class.

You get the feeling that the knot-tying class is not the Hunger Games hot spot.

Hey, Catnip," says Gale. My real name is Katniss, but when I first told him, I had barely whispered it. So he thought I'd said Catnip. Then when this crazy lynx started following me around the woods looking for handouts, it became his official nickname for me. I finally had to kill the lynx because he scared off game. I almost regretted it because he wasn't bad company. But I got a decent price for his pelt.

sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

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

It's part of my job to weather the ups and downs. And

DL: I am now trying to summon an alternate universe where the Mockingjay is named Swamp Potato Everdeen.

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

We learn to keep busy again. Peeta bakes. I hunt.

As if in the end, it will be the question of whether a baker or a hunter will extend my longevity the most.

So rather than focus on the coal mining itself, we're going to focus on the coal,

Well, don't step on me." I jump back. His voice was right under my feet. Still there's nothing. Then his eyes open, unmistakably blue in the brown mud and green leaves. I gasp and am rewarded with a hint of white teeth as he laughs. It's the final word in camouflage. Forget chucking weights around. Peeta should have gone into his private session with the Gamemakers and painted himself into a tree. Or a boulder. Or a muddy bank full of weeds.

I'm having a hard time adjusting to being underground so much. But after the surreal encounter with the rose, for the first time the descent makes me feel safer.

It wasn't part of my plan, that's for sure," says Peeta with a frown.

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

Over the past seventy-five years, they've learned to be self-sufficient, turned their citizens into an army, and built a new society with no help from anyone.

Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

we tributes trained to gather fish and lumber and coal? What do we know about harnessing power from the sky?

you're playing on their natural instincts to flee danger. Thinking like your prey . . . that's where you find their vulnerabilities,

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

The whole world seems tilted, my inner ear displaced by a hole where my spouse used to be.

How can I grieve what is still in motion?" I ask her. "Shoes are still dropping all over the place. I´m not kidding," I say. "It´s Normandy out there.