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“But some secrets are too delicious not to share.”
Quelle: Mockingjay
“My lips are just forming his name when his fingers lock around my throat.”
Quelle: Mockingjay
“Her name's Prim. She's just twelve. And I love her more than anything.”
Quelle: The Hunger Games
Gale Hawthorne and Katniss Everdeen, p. 8
Quelle: The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)
Katniss and Finnick, p. 316
Quelle: The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire (2009)
“I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips.”
Quelle: The Hunger Games
“They don't know that I'm already asking for the moon.”
Quelle: Mockingjay
Variante: You see, I tired of constant fear, so I made a decision. Every day when I wake I tell myself that it will be my last. If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.
Quelle: Gregor the Overlander
“No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.”
Quelle: The Hunger Games
“Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun.”
Tagline on the back cover
Quelle: The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)
“Thinking like your prey… that's where you find their vulnerabilities.”
Quelle: Mockingjay
“Eyes on the forest, not on the trees.”
Quelle: Mockingjay
“I flee what I can't fight. What can only do me harm.”
Quelle: Catching Fire
“I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, my money would be on you.”
Quelle: The Hunger Games
Katniss (pp. 105-106)
Quelle: The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (2010)
Kontext: "I want to tell the rebels that I am alive. That I'm right here in District Eight, where the Capitol has just bombed a hospital full of unarmed men, women, and children. There will be no survivors. [... ] I want to tell people that if you think for one second the Capitol will treat us fairly if there's a cease-fire, you're deluding yourself. Because you know who they are and what they do. [... ] This is what they do! And we must fight back! [... ] President Snow says he's sending us a message? Well, I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that?" We're with the camera, tracking to the planes burning on the roof of the warehouse. Tight on the Capitol seal on a wing, which melts back into the image of my face, shouting at the president. "Fire is catching! And if we burn... you burn with us!"
“They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There's no one left I love.”
Quelle: Catching Fire
Caesar Flickerman and Peeta Mellark, p. 138
The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)
Kontext: "So, here's what you do. You win, you go home. She can‘t turn you down then, eh?" says Caesar encouragingly.
"I don't think it‘s going to work out. Winning... won‘t help in my case," says Peeta.
"Why ever not?" says Caesar, mystified. Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. "Because... because... she came here with me."
“Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword.”
Quelle: Gregor and the Code of Claw
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