The Hunger Games

This series is one of those books that I've heard about over and over again, and kept putting off reading them. I finally got my sticky paws on the trilogy and read through it in a week. (Which, is impressive because I've done a lot of textbook reading and homework too, and usually if I do one I don't do the other). Regardless, it was a terrifying tale. One that leaves imprints of dread on my heart. I felt as though I knew the character, as if she was my friend, and she just experienced one of the worst things imaginable. Honestly, by the end of the third book I couldn't stop crying. I am glad I finally got the nerve to read it.

Memorable Quotes:

“For there to be betrayal, there would have had to been trust first.” Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.” Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I’ll be able to wash the damage done by the tears from my face. But no tears come. I’m too tired or too numb to cry. The only thing I feel is a desire to be somewhere else.” Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Because sometimes things happen to people and they’re not equipped to deal with them.” Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“I can honestly say he’s never been attractive to me. Maybe he’s too pretty, or maybe he’s too easy to get, or maybe it’s really that he’d just be too easy to lose.”

Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and live in it forever,”

(Peeta) Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”

(Finnick) Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“...because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences.”

Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

 

“...collective thinking is usually short-lived. We’re fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.”

Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay