Quotes About Suzanne Collins

A few hours later, I am dressed in what will either be the most sensational or the deadliest costume in the opening ceremonies.

He tells the hiustory of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once North America.

We're going to form a republic where the people of each district and the Capitol can elect their own representatives to be their voice in a centralized government. Don't look so suspicious; it's worked before.

a Quarter Quell. They occur every twenty-five years, marking the anniversary of the districts' defeat with over-the-top celebrations and, for extra fun, some miserable twist for the tributes. I've

I don't see that it makes much difference. They'll still be one hundred percent as stupid as usual, so I figure my odds will be roughly the same.

Maybe I'll be like that man in "The Hanging Tree'. Still waiting for an answer." ? Mockingjay

Apprehensively I ruffle the hair by my left ear. No, it wasn't an illusion. I can hear again.

pero ¿qué hacen los ganaderos del Distrito 10, que van vestidos de vacas, con unos cinturones llameantes? ¿Asarse a la parrilla? Lamentable.

They are white, four-limbed, about the size of a full-grown human, but that's where the comparisons stop. Naked, with long reptilian tails, arched backs, and heads that jut forward.

Ugh. Peeta makes comments like this in such an offhand way,

Finally, Plutarch Heavensbee, the Head Gamemaker who had organized the rebels in the Capitol, threw up his hands.

I don't see that it makes much difference. They'll still be 100% as stupid as usual, so I figure my odds will be roughly the same.

Now comes a truly fantastic montage of the battle.

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

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

We are what no one wants to miss at the party. I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.

When I was younger, I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about District 12, about the people who rule our country, Panem, from the far-off city called the Capitol.

Bueno..., Peeta..., bienvenido de nuevo. —Imagino que no pensabas volver a entrevistarme, Caesar —responde Peeta, sonriendo un poco.

What did I tell you?" said the rat, and stuffed a clawful of shrimp into his stupid mouth.

Clearly, her scent was not on the paper. So, you wrote the proposal alone?" "I did." There was no point in lying. Lying had probably killed Clemensia.

gave him the weapon he needed to break me. Finnick and I sit for a long time in silence, watching

Peeta. Blut wie Regentropfen am Fenster. Wie feuchte Erde an den Stiefeln.

Why? The ease with which he manipulates words is his greatest talent. Was his difficulty a result of his torture? Something more? Like madness?

Peeta. On the rooftop the night before our first Hunger Games. He understood it all before we'd even set foot in the arena.