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Suzanne Collins
Related Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS The role of the
Christian is to let other people know what Jesus has done, not to
think of themselve... LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It
has no power to explain even some
of the most basic principl... LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if
someone calls themselves a Christian, it does not automatically... LEWIS N. ROE I am my own woman. EVITA PERóN A young woman married to an old man must behave like an old woman. VIKRANT PARSAI It takes a CONSTANT flowing of gas from the cylinder to keep the fire burning under your pot. “WOO... OLAOTAN FAWEHINMI The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it. MAE WEST There are no ugly women, only lazy ones HELENA RUBINSTEIN Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she mana... LESLIE MCINTYRE Personally, I think if a women hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky DEBORAH KERR Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk,... PETRONIUS If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't... HELEN LAWRENSON Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn... CLARE BOOTHE LUCE The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could g... BETTY GRABLE Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. JOSEPH CONRAD There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad dayl... WASHINGTON IRVING [He considers me] just a uterus with legs. MARY BETH WHITEHEAD Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev... A WALK TO REMEMBER The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by a... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A really plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm EDGAR SALTUS A woman who has no way of expressing herself and of realizing herself as a full human being has noth... ENRIQUETA LONGAUEX-VASQUEZ I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it. SEX AND THE CITY The best happiness a woman can boast is that of being most carefully deceived GEORGE JAMES The atheist might have
no proof for the
supernatural, but they
also have no proof
against it. If we ... LEWIS N. ROE A woman who takes things from a man is called a girlfriend, a man who takes things from a woman is c... RUTHIE STEIN It is not so far-fetched for a 63-year-old woman to be with an 18-year-old boy. IAN GRAY To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE Nudity is fun, especially out of doors, but it is far more erotic when the wrappings are only partly... CHLOE THURLOW Underwear is the female second skin. CHLOE THURLOW When you undress a woman you discover in her lingerie clues to her mood and desires. These whispers ... CHLOE THURLOW When the candles are out all women are fair PLUTARCH Human beings tolerate what they understand they have to tolerate. JANE RULE She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not switch herself this way... EMILY POST So few grown women like their lives KATHARINE GRAHAM Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers. GLORIA STEINEM You touch a screen to turn off lights in a room or activate the alarm system. The home owner can als... GEORGE JAMES Women are looking for good father material. He can mention the fact that he knows how to coach Littl... LORI GOTTLIEB By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter... MINNA ANTRIM I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectu... JEANE J. KIRKPATRICK O woman, born first to believe us; Yea, also born first to forget; Born first to betray and deceive ... JOAQUIN MILLER Whether you say that a god does exist, or that none do, it is a claim
to know (or at least believe i... LEWIS N. ROE After Rilke's Letters -- by John VanDyke Wilmerding II this is my letter to a young ... RAINER MARIA RILKE An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms. SALVADOR DALí Unsubscribe from should-a, would-a, could-a MICHAEL H. DANSBURY When looking for evidence that something exists, it's silly
to start by assuming that it is impossib... LEWIS N. ROE Using the scientific knowledge that we
currently possess, we can take simple logical steps, backed b... LEWIS N. ROE Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If... D. W. GRIFFITH A 29-year-old woman was found with a stab wound on her forehead and a 45-year-old woman was found bu... INSPECTOR PAUL RAMALOKO A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD Ideally a woman should not have a career unless it is necessary for the financial stability of the m... MELISSA SADOFF When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE A woman can keep one secret - the secret of her age VOLTAIRE The beauty of a woman may be the root of all evil.
but the beauty is a only seen, your eyes wants to... ARVIND YADAV I have gone from being a 21-year-old with wide eyes to a 24-year-old woman. With success comes a lot... VANESSA CARLTON The central demographic is a forty-two year old woman with an average household income of about 90,0... AMY DANIELS As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE Having been shown the possibility that God exists, the atheist has
chosen not to accept it. They hav... LEWIS N. ROE The claim to know that no god exists is just irrational. The non-existence of any god has no evidenc... LEWIS N. ROE She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr... GAIL CARRIGER The glorification of the "'woman's role," then, seems to be in proportion to society's reluctance to... BETTY FRIEDAN The soul that feeds on books alone --/ I count that soul exceeding small / That lives alone by book ... JOAQUIN MILLER Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so. HELENA RUBINSTEIN I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height and intelligence were graces for... JANE RULE My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts to grow. BILL COSBY I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looki... SHANIA TWAIN In her experience it was very difficult to offer a man affection and kindness without giving him the... JOE HILL It's a razor's edge, a romance with an old man and a young woman. PETER O'TOOLE The architecture of a woman's body is really amazing SOTONYE ANGA And even if you do wear a maid outfit, it doesn't change the fact that you're strong or that you're ... HIRO FUJIWARA I learned a woman is never an old woman. JONI MITCHELL I'm a black woman who loves hair. I enjoy changing my hair, having fun with it - just hair! I go... TASHA SMITH When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person. DIANE VON FURSTENBERG The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a youn... ERIC HOFFER Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man? RITA MAE BROWN This boy needs a dog. What makes you say that? He needs someone or something to play with ... KENT HARUF Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subo... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Ninguém o pode aconselhar ou ajudar, — ninguém. Não há senão um caminho. Procure entrar ... RAINER MARIA RILKE A woman walking with a broken heart is a very strong woman, but also a very dangerous one. CARMELA CORTES There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learn... HARPER LEE A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE It's loud, it's cheap, it's gaudy. It's like everything I've ever done - I LOVE IT! BETTY GRABLE I'm a non-believer. I don't believe in the existence of a God. I don't believe in the Christian dogm... JANE RULE The American watercolor scene today is about innovation and energy. GEORGE JAMES With home theater and media centers, there has been such an electronics boom within the last five ye... GEORGE JAMES Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression. JANE RULE I don't know the secret of Mrs. Brown, but what I do know is that there are things that Mrs. Bro... BRENDAN O'CARROLL Every batch of sperm represents an opportunity for genetic typos - called de novo mutations - to be ... JEFFREY KLUGER This is very similar to the suggestion put forward by the Quirmian philosopher Ventre, who said, "Po... TERRY PRATCHETT When a young woman grows old her vanity turns to shame. GAELIC PROVERB A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the... CHRISTY MATHEWSON
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SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say. “I don't know. I... SUZANNE COLLINS You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug. SUZANNE COLLINS Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor. SUZANNE COLLINS Para que haya traición debe haber primero confianza. SUZANNE COLLINS I have to bite my lip not to screen every foul name I know at the fire starter. What are they thinki... SUZANNE COLLINS Certos passos você tem de dar sozinho. SUZANNE COLLINS She crept up on me. SUZANNE COLLINS We have to joke about it because the alternative is to be scared SUZANNE COLLINS How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving. SUZANNE COLLINS For the last year his grandma had been slipping in and out of reality. One minute she was as clear a... SUZANNE COLLINS I’m about to haul my packs into a tree to make camp when a silver parachute floats down and lands ... SUZANNE COLLINS It's weird, how much he's noticed me... And apparently, I have not been as oblivious to him as I ima... SUZANNE COLLINS It's hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots." - Katniss. SUZANNE COLLINS Are you preparing for another war, Plutarch?" I ask. "Oh, not now. Now we're in a sweet period ... SUZANNE COLLINS Not exactly. You see, Portia and I think that the coal miner thing's very overdone. No one will reme... SUZANNE COLLINS At the moment, the choice would be simple. I can survive just fine without either of them. SUZANNE COLLINS If he wants me broken, then I will have to be whole. SUZANNE COLLINS By late afternoon I lie with my head in Peeta’s lap making a crown of flowers while he fiddles wit... SUZANNE COLLINS As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve. SUZANNE COLLINS You've got to go through it to get to the end of it. SUZANNE COLLINS I'm more than just a piece in their Games. SUZANNE COLLINS Why not? It's true. My best hope is to not disgrace myself and..." He hesitates. And what... SUZANNE COLLINS I don't write about adolescence. I write about war. For adolescents. SUZANNE COLLINS One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reade... SUZANNE COLLINS I wish Peeta were here to hold me, until I remember I'm not supposed to wish that anymore. I have ch... SUZANNE COLLINS Its hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots. SUZANNE COLLINS The beauty of this idea is that my decision to keep Peeta alive at the expense of my own life is its... SUZANNE COLLINS hey. I just wanted to make sure you got home," I say. "Katniss, I live three houses away from you," ... SUZANNE COLLINS Not like this. He wanted it to be real. SUZANNE COLLINS Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. SUZANNE COLLINS So what should we do with our last few days?” “I just want to spend every possible minute o... SUZANNE COLLINS Everything is about them, not the dying boys and girls in the arena. SUZANNE COLLINS Director Gary Ross has created an adaptation that is faithful in both narrative and theme, but he... SUZANNE COLLINS Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everyt... SUZANNE COLLINS But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise. SUZANNE COLLINS Don't. Don't let's pretend when there's no one around. SUZANNE COLLINS Dead, but not allowed to die. Alive, but as good as dead. SUZANNE COLLINS It made me realize how I needed to stop punishing her for something she couldn't help [...] because ... SUZANNE COLLINS And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months s... SUZANNE COLLINS But some secrets are too delicious not to share. SUZANNE COLLINS If I have to pick one story that most influenced 'The Hunger Games,' it would be the Greek m... SUZANNE COLLINS