“Maybe I'll be like the man in the Hanging Tree still waiting for an answer.' Gale who I have never seen cry has tears in his eyes. To keep them from spilling over. I reach forward and press my lips against his. We taste of heat, ashes and misery.”
Source: Mockingjay
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Suzanne Collins554
American television writer and novelist 1962Related quotes
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Tesi la mano verso il suo volto asciugandole le lacrime dagli occhi, lacrime che assaporai dalle mie dita, conoscendo così, il sapore della mia vita.
Source: prevale.net
“All wars are civil ones; for it is still man spilling his own blood, tearing out his own bowels.”
François Fénelon (1651–1715) Catholic bishop
Toutes les guerres sont civiles; car c'est toujours l'homme contre l'homme qui répand son propre sang, qui déchire ses propres entrailles.
Dialogues des morts, ch. 17, cited from De l'éducation des filles, Dialogues des morts et opuscules divers (Paris: Firmin Didot, 1857) p. 149; translation from Mr. Elphingston (trans.) Dialogues of the Dead, Together with Some Fable Composed for the Education of a Prince (Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1754) vol. 1, p. 87. (1700).
William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer
Inhale and Exhale (1936), Antranik and the Spirit of Armenia
Norman Schwarzkopf (1934–2012) United States Army general
Interview with Barbra Walters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohNUIVHRWWo (March 1991)
William Ernest Hocking (1873–1966) American philosopher
As quoted in The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Inspirational Quotes (2005) by Wendy Toliver, p. 18.
