Taken Quotes by Suzanne Collins

11 Taken quotes by Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins’s take on the idea of being taken arrives in eleven brief statements. Though the list is small, it captures the tension and urgency that often drive her narrative worlds.

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My name is Katniss Everdeen. My home is District Twelve. Peeta was taken prisoner. He is thought to be dead. Most likely…

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If you'd been taken by the Capital and hijacked and then tried to kill Peeta, is this the way he would be…

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I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken…

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What's going on down there, Katniss? Have they all joined hands? Taken a vow of nonviolence? Tossed the weapons in the sea…

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The ones I loved fly as birds in the open sky above me. Soaring, weaving, calling to me to join them. I…

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It's impossible to be the Mockingjay. Impossible to complete even this one sentence. Because now I know that everything I say will…

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I'll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in things…

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In 'The Hunger Games,' in most people's idea, in terms of rebellion or a civil-war situation, that would meet the criteria for…

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And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us…

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As I descend the stairs, I can’t help brushing my fingers along the unblemished white marble walls. So cold and beautiful. Even…

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You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't have a…

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He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to.

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“I want to interrupt the taping and beg Finnick’s forgiveness for every false thought I’ve ever had about him.”

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I pound on the glass, screaming my head off. Everyone ignores me except for some Capitol attendant who appears behind me and offers me…

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Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it.

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Then I dive into my tent before I do something stupid like cry.

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“¡Es que no quiero que me conozcan! ¡Ya me están quitando el futuro! ¡No pueden llevarse también lo que me importaba en el pasado!”

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“I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.”

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Mostly we just add to the piles of rainbow glass that's been blown off the exteriors of the cany-colored buildings.

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You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't have a fully loaded…

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“But the significant difference between Thirteen and the Capitol are the expectations of the populace. Thirteen was used to hardship, wheras in the Capitol,…

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