#games

Love is all fun and games until someone loses an eye or gets pregnant. ↗

— Jim Cole

#fun #games #gets #loses #love

Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#finnick #funny #humour #hunger-games #katniss

The other [video game] franchises let you experience the adrenaline and horror of war, or deep fantasy worlds, or pro sports. A Mario game lets you pretend to be a middle-aged chubster hopping onto a turtle shell. ↗

— Jeff Ryan

#nintendo #video-games #age

Do grown men always have to play games? Does everything have to be an excuse for another kind of game? Do any men grow up or do they only come of age? ↗

— Stephen King

#men #age

(about organizing books in his home library, and putting a book in the "Arts and Lit non-fiction section) I personally find that for domestic purposes, the Trivial Pursuit system works better than Dewey. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#home #libraries #organization #art

But I feel as if I did know Rue, and she'll always be with me. Everything beautiful brings her to mind. I see her in the yellow flowers that grow in the Meadow by my house. I see her in the Mockingjays that sing in the trees. But most of all, I see her in my sister, Prim. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#hunger-games #katniss-everdeen #rue #beauty

Peeta actually is charming and then utterly winning as the boy in love. And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#desire #hunger-games #love #beauty

The beauty of this idea is that my decision to keep Peeta alive at the expense of my own life is itself an act of defiance. A refusal to play the Hunger Games by the Capitol's rules. My private agenda dovetails completely with my public one. And if I really could save Peeta... in terms of a revolution, this would be ideal. Because I will be more valuable dead. They can turn me into some kind of martyr for the cause and paint my face on banners, and it will do more to rally people than anything I could do if I was living. But Peeta would be more valuable alive, and tragic, because he will be able to turn his pain into words that will transform people. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#catching #fire #games #hunger #inspirational

I like video games, but they're really violent. I'd like to play a video game where you help the people who were shot in all the other games. It'd be called 'Really Busy Hospital. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#demetri-martin #funny #games #helping-others #humor

Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#perspective #success #winning #change