Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games)

But at least now they know we’re here.” She helps me to my feet. “I’d rather be despised than ignored.”

The law demands that we atone When we take things we do not own, But leaves the lords and ladies fine Who take things that are yours and mine.

his indulgences — my family’s good-byes, his fancy sandwiches — are just a method to manage me, because happy playthings are easier to handle than raging ones.

The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common. And geese will still a common lack Till they go and steal it back. Lenore

“A truth that’s told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent.” — William Blake

“Don’t let them use you, Sarshee. Don’t let them paint their posters with your blood. Not if you can help it.”

“Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers. When we enquire by what means this wonder is effected, we shall find, that, as F

The poor and wretched don’t escape If they conspire the law to break. This must be so but they endure Those who conspire to make the law.

“All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling the truth. I don’t think this matters so long as one knows what one is doing, and why.” — George Orwell