Suzanne Collins Quotes
And then it happens. Up and down the row, the victors begin to join hands. Some right away, like the morphlings, or Wiress and Beetee. Others unsure but caught up in the demands of those around them, like Brutus and Enobaria. By the time the anthem plays its final strains, all twenty-four of us stand in one unbroken line in what must be the first public show of unity among the districts since the Dark Days. You can see the realization of this as the screens begin to pop into blackness. It's too late, though. In the confusion they didn't cut us off in time. Everyone has seen.
Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. Scholastic Press, 2009, p. 257.
Most of the Jews in the Vilnius ghetto were killed, many fighting the Germans. Kovner ironically survived.
Song traditionally sung at the end of British Labour Party meetings
This was one of the first calls for a slave strike in America.
The “necklaces” Mandela referred to were car tires filled with gasoline.
The Presidential Palace was under siege by the military with the aid of the American CIA. After making this statement, Allende committed suicide to prevent his being captured and tortured into cooperating with General Pinochet who later was convicted for torture and murder of thousands of Chileans.
Suzanne Collins is an American television writer and author. She is known as the author of The New York Times best-selling series The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games.
