Suzanne Collins: Frases en inglés (página 8)

Suzanne Collins es escritora y guionista estadounidense. Frases en inglés.
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“Sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.”

Suzanne Collins libro En llamas

Katniss, pp. 31-32
Variante: Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.
Like me, for instance. Right now.
Fuente: The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire (2009)

“Now we're in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated. But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.”

Suzanne Collins libro Sinsajo

Katniss and Plutarch Heavensbee (p. 379)
Fuente: The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (2010)
Contexto: “Are you preparing for another war, Plutarch?” I ask.
“Oh, not now. Now we’re in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated,” he says. “But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We’re fickle, stupid beings with a great gift for self-destruction. Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss.”
“What?” I ask.
“The time it sticks. Maybe we are witnessing the evolution of the human race. Think about that.“

“Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are.”

Suzanne Collins libro Sinsajo

Variante: It costs your life,” says Caesar.

“Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?” says Peeta. “It costs everything you are.
Fuente: Mockingjay

“You could do a lot worse.”

Suzanne Collins libro En llamas

Variante: We could do it, you know.
Fuente: Catching Fire

“I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, pp. 373-374 (closing words)
Fuente: The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)
Contexto: "One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice wasn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me.
I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I finally have to let go.

“I vote yes…. for Prim.”

Suzanne Collins libro Sinsajo

Fuente: Mockingjay

“They can pump whatever they want into my arm, but it takes more than that to keep a person going once she's lost the will to live.”

Suzanne Collins libro En llamas

Katniss, p. 389
Fuente: The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire (2009)