Crow

“I thought people outside of Bacester would care more about each other. “If anything, kid, they care about others even less outside the city. Better get used to it. Now, relax. We all get angry. Our enemies can’t know that.”
― Chad Retterath, The Masked Crows

“Why are so many people under the bridges?” “Another question, Bryn.” “Oh, sorry.” Millie flicked the last of her cigarette into the dwindling stream. “It was a good one though. Those people,” she said, nodding forward, “are not high society. Those are the types of people I was talking about. The ones who survive. They are Noxious.” “All of them?” “No, but there are certainly a few ahead.” “But we’re only looking for the one escaped prisoner.” “We are. So look for clues.”
― Chad Retterath, The Masked Crows

“Vaughn could be cute. Maybe Orchid saw past the trashy clothes. Then again, some people wrote love letters to murderers in prison. There really was no accounting for taste.”
― Diana Peterfreund, In the Study with the Wrench

“The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins. Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch — this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games