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SUZANNE COLLINS El Distrito 12, donde puedes morirte de hambre sin poner en peligro tu seguridad.
SUZANNE COLLINS PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL
NATALIE URQUIETA Certos passos você tem de dar sozinho.
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 It's hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots." - Katniss.
SUZANNE COLLINS Not exactly. You see, Portia and I think that the coal miner thing's very overdone. No one will reme...
SUZANNE COLLINS I'm hard to catch. If they can't catch me they cant kill me. So don't count me out.
SUZANNE COLLINS Eu vou ser o Tordo.
SUZANNE COLLINS Desearia poder encontrar una forma de...de demostrarle al Capitolio que no les pertenezco, que soy a...
SUZANNE COLLINS She crept up on me.
SUZANNE COLLINS I'm more than just a piece in their Games.
SUZANNE COLLINS To have the time to reminisce is one of the futures gifts. Don't think to much, don't live to fast, ...
CALVIN WILSON We are the masters of our own destinies we shape and mould our lives into to the circumstances surro...
GARY F EVANS... You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.
SUZANNE COLLINS Tiny, searing stabs. Wherever the droplets of mist touch my skin.
"Run!" I scream at the others...
SUZANNE COLLINS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES I look back at James one last time, and he gives me his signature smile, wide and cocky. but it's no...
SUZANNE YOUNG You've got to go through it to get to the end of it.
SUZANNE COLLINS A crook and crafty rules the place where the majority of the population is either hypocrites or fool...
ANUJ SOMANY Nature’s law is such that it metes out its justice to everyone as they deserve by giving each pers...
ANUJ SOMANY Every living being, from ants to whales, has a right to live and die in accordance with the law of t...
CHANDRABABU V.S. Any change one effect on his natural being with a purpose would definitely end up revealing his hypo...
CHANDRABABU V.S. It is so torturous to be in the crowd not only because the voice there is usually loud, but also oft...
ANUJ SOMANY When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
SUN TZU His angry expression softens, and then he shoves my shoulder playfully.
"Hey!" I push him back...
SUZANNE YOUNG Life can be tough & make you wanna give up. But baby keep your head up because you got all the time ...
LILLIAN S. VILORIA He obliterates things, she realized. He shatters them. They think they've won because he's a ...
NICK HARKAWAY The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Rue,, la niña que, cuando le preguntas por lo que mas ama en el mundo, contesta que la musica, nada...
SUZANNE COLLINS Without God there could be no American form of government nor an American way of life. Recognition o...
DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER Grozny's been largely rebuilt. But at the same time, I think the war is very much being waged in...
ANTHONY MARRA She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.
DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a...
NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask.
The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ...
PAULO COELHO When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself.
MANDY HALE Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow.
JIM GENOVESE We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed...
JOHN H. GROBERG That's really sad," Beth said softly, "To have no one left.
R.J. SCOTT Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl...
IN THE MAKING Empathy is the ability to step outside of your own bubble and into the bubbles of other people. Empa...
C. JOYBELL C. Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, wi...
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t...
THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a...
JEANETTE CORON These young ones. They do not understand. There are so few of us left who remember how destructive r...
CONNILYN COSSETTE Para que haya traición debe haber primero confianza.
SUZANNE COLLINS After all, suicide is contagious.
SUZANNE YOUNG -Volaste la comida en pedazos?-susurra.
-Hasta el ultimo trocito.
-Vas a ganar.
-Lo h...
SUZANNE COLLINS To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r...
MANDY HALE Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS... Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed, less high perhaps, yet ...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer ...
ANGELA CARTER The profound ability to use aural and written language has enabled our species to collectively explo...
KATHERINE VUCICEVIC No, sweet one. See, my precious: if we has it, then we can escape, even from Him, eh? Perhaps we gro...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY Now is everything
Now is the essence
Now is the focus
Focus on the now
For that ...
KAREN HACKEL The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one...
DEYTH BANGER Savor the moment. Set a goal that you value and plan the steps to of getting there in a way that you...
TERENCE T. GORSKI All that we have achieved in life is creating a virtual reality for ourselves, while burying the act...
RAMANA PEMMARAJU It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Do you know why your husband is always scared of staying at home? There is a constant war going on r...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Perhaps it's time that the privileged and the wealthy be required by law to serve in the military, t...
CAMILLO MAC BICA A man who cannot decide whether or not to pull the trigger, wages war against only himself.
DAVE FRANCIS

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SUZANNE COLLINS Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.
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SUZANNE COLLINS I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself.
SUZANNE COLLINS So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.
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SUZANNE COLLINS You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.
SUZANNE COLLINS I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.
SUZANNE COLLINS Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.
SUZANNE COLLINS You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.
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SUZANNE COLLINS Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?"
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SUZANNE COLLINS And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anywa...
SUZANNE COLLINS One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Alrea...
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SUZANNE COLLINS And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness...
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SUZANNE COLLINS I knew you'd kiss me."
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SUZANNE COLLINS I had to do that. At least once.
SUZANNE COLLINS No problem," Gale replies. "I wake up ten times a night anyway."
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SUZANNE COLLINS Stay with me.

Always.
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I'm j...
SUZANNE COLLINS No. Now, shut up and eat your pears.
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SUZANNE COLLINS They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.
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SUZANNE COLLINS Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me.
Stra...
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SUZANNE COLLINS I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me."
His pupils contract to pinpoints, dial...
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SUZANNE COLLINS Agreed," I say. "It's going to be a long hour."
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SUZANNE COLLINS While I was waiting...I ate your lunch.
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Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final def...
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P...
SUZANNE COLLINS Yeah, about that,” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that a...
SUZANNE COLLINS The raw hunk of meat that used to be my enemy makes a sound, and I know where the mouth is. And I th...
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SUZANNE COLLINS Lucky thing were allies, right?
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SUZANNE COLLINS I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best."

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"It must b...
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SUZANNE COLLINS Do you find this...distracting?
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SUZANNE COLLINS Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice.
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SUZANNE COLLINS If you hit bottom, there's a whole lot of people here to help you up
SUZANNE COLLINS Oh, that I do know...Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.
SUZANNE COLLINS Is that why you hate me?" I ask.
"Partly," She admits. "Jealousy is certainly involved. I also...
SUZANNE COLLINS Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had an agreement not to lie to each other.
SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss....he's still trying to keep you alive.
SUZANNE COLLINS I roll my eyes. "So when did I become so special? When they carted me off to the Capitol?"
"No,...
SUZANNE COLLINS Sorry excuses for hunters and friends. Both of us.
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SUZANNE COLLINS You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.
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SUZANNE COLLINS They'll be granted immunity!" I feel myself rising from my chair, my voice full of resonant. "You wi...
SUZANNE COLLINS Flight is essential, but I can't let my fear show.
SUZANNE COLLINS The question is, what are you going to do?"
It turns out the question that's been eating away ...
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SUZANNE COLLINS He tilts his forehead down to rest against mine and pulls me closer. His skin, his whole being radia...
SUZANNE COLLINS We fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice.
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SUZANNE COLLINS Because...because...she came here with me.
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“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