Roni Drakaina

“I’m bad news, all right,” said Coriolanus.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“There is a point to everything or nothing at all, depending on your worldview.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Without the threat of death, it wouldn’t have been much of a lesson,” said Dr. Gaul. “What happened in the arena? That’s humanity undressed. The tributes. And you, too. How quickly civilization disappears. All your fine manners, education, family background, everything you pride yourself on, stripped away in the blink of an eye, revealing everything you actually are. A boy with a club who beats another boy to death. That’s mankind in its natural state.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“You can blame it on the circumstances, the environment, but you made the choices you made, no one else. It's a lot to take in all at once, but it's essential that you make an effort to answer that question. Who are human beings? Because who we are determines the type of governing we need. Later on, I hope you can reflect and be honest with yourself about that you learned tonight.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes