Suzanne Collins: Frasi in inglese (pagina 6)

“You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it must look like a grimace. Peeta's alive.”

“Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams.”

“What about you?"

"Not a clue. I keep wishing I could bake a cake or something.”

“Don't let him take you from me.”

“You've got to go through it to get to the end of it.”

“I don't care if you got knocked up. I can still rip your throat out”

“In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too.”

“Fine. I'll train. But I'm going to the stinking capitol if I have to kill a crew and fly there myself." Says Johanna.
"Probably best not to bring that up in training," I say. "But it's nice to know I'll have a ride.”

“Because… because… she came here with me.”

“If I feel ragged, my prep team seems in worse condition, knocking back coffee and sharing brightly colored little pills. As far as I can tell, they never get up before noon unless there's some sort of national emergency, like my leg hair.”

“Not like this. He wanted it to be real.”

“He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown, leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this" - he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose - "distracting?”

“Oh, the fun we two have together.”

“As the alcohol overcomes my mind, I hear the glass bottle shatter on the floor. This seems appropriate since I have obviously lost my grip on everything.”

“I noticed just about every girl, but none of them made a lasting impression but you.”

“Fine. Somebody else can arrange to get the stupid goat knocked up.”

“It sends out a very clear message: "Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children.”

“Remembering from last year how Haymitch's gifts are often timed to send a message, I make a note to myself. Be friends with Finnick. You'll get food.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, let the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games begin!”