Suzanne Collins citations

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“C'est comme un jeu. Répétitif. Un peu lassant, même, après plus de vingt ans. Mais j'ai connu des jeux bien pires.”

“Pour survivre, je n'ai pas besoin de la flamme de Gale, nourrie de sa rage et de sa haine. J'en ai déjà bien assez en moi. Ce qu'il me faut, c'est le pissenlit au printemps. Le jaune vif qui évoque la renaissance plutôt que la destruction. La promesse que la vie continue, en dépit de nos pertes. Qu'elle peut même être douce à nouveau. Peeta est le seul à pouvoir m'offrir ça.”

“Tu n'oublies pas le visage de la personne qui était ton dernier espoir.”

“Never underestimate the power of a brillian stylist.”

“Allow me to translate, Twitchtip said, not even bothering to move. "She said if you don't stop your incessant babble, that big rat sitting in the boat next to you will rip your head off.”

“What does this mean? It means I get to spend the morning having the hair ripped off my body while Peeta sleeps in.”

“Doors are for those who lack enemies.”

“The rat was merely trying to sleep. Believe me, pup, if I had wanted to kill you we wouldn’t be having this conversation,” said Ripred.”

“But there was only one kiss that made me feel something stir deep inside. Only one that made me want more. But my head wound started bleeding and he made me lie down.”

“My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain.”

“The odds are never in our favour.”

“And then, when he’s been underwater so long I feel certain he’s drowned, his head pops up right next to me and I start. “Don’t do that,” I say. “What? Come up or stay under?” he says. “Either. Neither. Whatever”

“That was the one thing I had going for me. Taking care of your family.”

“I'm running on hate. When the energy from that ebbs I'll be worthless.”

“Katniss, got that spile?" Finnick asks, snapping me back to reality.”

“This is what birds see. Only they're free and safe. The very opposite of me.”

“I'm not good at talking about myself.”

“For a second, I'm afraid he's dying. I have to remind myself that I don't care.”

“The pounding music, the cheers, the admiration work their way into my blood, and I can’t suppress my excitement. Cinna has given me a great advantage. No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.”

“We have to joke about it because the alternative is to be scared”

“Just don't die for me, you won't be doing me any favour!”

“And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anyway. I just hope I get one who doesn't think nudity is the last word in fashion.”

“Lucky thing were allies, right?
-Finnick Odair”

“i can win but you cant lose, this makes us all even in our ways.”

“Do you really know what's going on And if you don't… find out”

“I drink in his wholeness, the soudness of his body and mind. It runs through me like the morphling they give me in the hospital, dulling the pain of the last weeks.”

“Cinna just smiles. 'Had a damp morning?'
'You could wring me out,' I reply.
Cinna puts his arm around my shoulder and leads me into lunch. ' Don't worry, I always channel my emotions into my work. That way I don't hurt anyone but myself.”

“Each time I wake, I think, At last, this is over, but it isn't.”

“I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away.”

“Warmblood now a bloodborne death,
Will rob your body of it's breath
Mark your skin and seal your fate
The Underland becomes a plate”

“I go back to my room and lie under the covers, trying not to think of Gale and thinking of nothing else.”

“Smiling is mostly about smiling more.”