Сью́зен Ко́ллинз — американская писательница, автор многочисленных сценариев к детским телепрограммам и мультфильмам, рассказов для детей, а также известная как создательница двух популярных книжных серий для молодежи: «Хроники Подземья» и «Голодные игры». Тираж первых двух романов трилогии «Голодные игры», ставших бестселлерами, превысил 2 миллиона экземпляров. Трилогия экранизирована: в России фильм по первому роману вышел на экраны 22 марта 2012, по второму — 21 ноября 2013, 1-я часть фильма по третьему роману вышла 21 ноября 2014, а 2-я — 19 ноября 2015. Wikipedia
тараканы, насекомое
Источник: «Хроники Подземья»
Katniss, p. 189
Источник: The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire (2009)
“Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness.”
Вариант: Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness... except possibly when it comes to you.
Источник: Catching Fire
“His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel.”
Источник: Gregor the Overlander
“Maybe I'll be like that man in "The Hanging Tree'. Still waiting for an answer.”
Источник: Mockingjay
“Right before the explosions begin, I find a star.”
Источник: Catching Fire
“In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness.”
Источник: The Hunger Games
“By the way, I know about the kiss." Then the door clicks shut behind him.”
Источник: Catching Fire
“Enobaria smiles at Johanna. 'Don't look so smug,' says Johanna. 'We'll kill you anyway.”
Источник: Mockingjay
“Yes. I killed him. And buried her in flowers," I say. "And I sang her to sleep.”
Источник: The Hunger Games
Вариант: But more words tumble out. 'You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.'
Then I dive into my tent before I do something stupid like cry.
Источник: Mockingjay
“Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it.”
Источник: Mockingjay
“The more likable he is, the more deadly he is.”
Источник: The Hunger Games
“Something flickers across his bloodshot eyes. Pain.”
Источник: Catching Fire
Источник: Gregor the Overlander Box Set
Katniss (p. 377)
Источник: The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (2010)
Контексте: I no longer feel any allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despite being one myself. I think that Peeta was onto something about us destroying one another and letting some decent species take over. Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences.
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