1,468 Quotes by Suzanne Collins

I could be shot on a daily basis for hunting, but the appetite of those in charge protect me.

So after, when he whispers, “You love me. Real or not real?” I tell him, “Real.

Exactly how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there? Somehow it just won’t seem sincere if I’m trying to slit his throat.

If you hit bottom, there’s a whole lot of people here to help you up.

Alma Coin, the president of 13, who just watches. She’s fifty or so, with gray hair that falls in an unbroken sheet to her shoulders. I’m somewhat fascinated by her hair, since it’s so uniform, so without a flaw, a wisp, even a split end. Her eyes are gray, but not like those of people from the Seam. They’re very pale, as if almost all the color has been sucked out of them. The color of slush that you wish would melt away.

I’m glad now I have Peeta to clutch for balance, he is so steady, solid as a rock.

I pull an arrow, whip the notch into place, and am about to let it fly when I’m stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta. And it’s so bizarre, even for Finnick.

My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They’re the ones we naturally remember the best, after all.

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.