Suzanne Collins citáty

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„Víš, mohl bys žít tisíc životů a nezasloužit si ho.“

„Šťastné hladové hry! A nechť vás vždy provází štěstěna.“

„Neočekávejte, že budeme příliš ohromeni. Právě jsme viděli Finnicka Odaire ve spodním prádle.“

„Ničení věcí je mnohem snazší než jejich výroba.“

„Nechci ztratit toho chlapce s chlebem.“

„Mé noční můry jsou většinou o tom, že tě ztrácím. Jsem v pořádku, jakmile si uvědomím, že jsi u mě.“

„Nezapomenete tvář člověka, který byl vaší poslední nadějí.“

“I do think you're mad and I'll still go with you.”

“Star-crossed lovers desperate to get home together. Two hearts beating as one. Romance.”

“What was that you were saying just before the food arrived? Something about me… no competition… best thing that ever happened to you…”

“Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does.”

“If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.”

“Why don't I just pretend I'm on camera, Plutarch?" I say.
"Yes! Perfect. One is always much braver with an audience," he says. "Look at the courage Peeta just displayed!"
It's all I can do not to slap him.”

“Just the perfect touch of rebellion," says Haymitch "Very nice."
Rebellion?”

“It's as if I'm Finnick, watching images of my life flash by. The mast of a boat, a silver parachute, Mags laughing, a pink sky, Beetee's trident, Annie in her wedding dress, waves breaking over rocks. Then its over.”

“Flight is essential, but I can't let my fear show.”

“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.”

“I don't know what it is with Finnick and bread, but he seems obsessed with handling it.”

“And so I'm stupid for thinking they might be useful. Because of something Johanna Mason said while she was oiling her breasts for wrestling.”

“Roses. Wolf mutts. Tributes. Frosted Dolphins. Friends. Mockingjays. Stylists. Me. Everything screams in my dreams tonight.”

“Yeah, about that,” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that again.” “Or what?” I ask. “Or… or…” He can’t think of anything good. “Just give me a minute.”

“Courage only counts when you can count.”

“Maybe I'd think that, too, Caesar," says Petta bitterly, "if it weren't for the baby."
There. He's done it again.”

“It's strange to be so physically close to someone who's so distant”

“what is the worst pain? To me, it's always the pain that is present.”

“To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.”

“So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.”

“Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream.”

“They more than do their work, they take pride in it. Like Cinna.”

“Katniss: I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off.
Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final defence of the dying. (252)”

“Well, I can't leave Mags behind," says Finnick. "She's one of the few people who actually likes me.”

“hey. I just wanted to make sure you got home," I say. "Katniss, I live three houses away from you," he says.”

“I'm going to be the Mockingjay.”

“Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.”

“Katniss, there is no District Twelve…”

“All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine.”