#games

And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us through. I had taken a step back from my mother, put up a wall to protect myself from needing her, and nothing was ever the same between us again. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#mom #the-hunger-games #katniss

Its hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#hunger-games #idiots #katniss #octavia #prepping

We could do it, you know," Gale says quietly. "What?" I ask. "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it," says Gale. I don't know how to respond. This idea is so preposterous. (1.23-26) ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#hunger-games-suzanne-collins #katniss #katniss

I don’t know what the explosion did, but it damaged something deep and irreparable. Never mind. If I get home, I’ll be so stinking rich, I’ll be able to pay someone to do my hearing. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-everdeen #katniss

I look down from the branch I'm perched on. The Careers look murderous. Now I smile.'How have things been with you?' I ask sweetly. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#cato #clove #glimmer #humor #katniss

And random bits of happiness, like Finnick and Annie's newborn boy. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#love #love

When I was a kid we played cowboys and Indians, and I always wanted to be an Indian when I grew up. ↗

— Ville Valo

#cowboys-and-indians #games #grow #humor #pursue

A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depression. ↗

— Jane McGonigal

#video-games #change

Then he smiles as if he'd be happy to lie there and gaze at me forever. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#lie

The game itself is bigger than the winning. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #game #games #literature #literature-quotes