If my holding out those berries was an act of temporary insanity, then those people will embrace insanity too. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Glimmer, I hear someone call her - ugh, the names the people in District 1 give their children are so ridiculous ... — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but I do care… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
We sit in silence awhile then I blurt out the thing that's on both our minds. "How are we going to kill… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Frankly, our ancestors don't seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Maybe . . . because for the first time . . . there was a chance I could keep him,” I say.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
In 'The Hunger Games,' in most people's idea, in terms of rebellion or a civil-war situation, that would meet the criteria for… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I think people respond to dystopian stories because they're ways of acting out anxieties that we have and fears that we have… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
As I descend the stairs, I can’t help brushing my fingers along the unblemished white marble walls. So cold and beautiful. Even… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people. Maybe if I had thanked him at some point, I'd… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
There's always hand-to-hand combat. All you need is to come up with a knife, and you'll at least stand a chance. If… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
What say you, Luxa?" said Vikus. "What can I say, Vikus? Can I return to our people and tell them I withdrew… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
It means we're on your side." That's what Bonnie said. I have people on my side? What side? Am I unwittingly the… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I send a silent thank-you to Dalton for suggesting I wash off the makeup. How ridiculous, how perverse I would feel presenting… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Katniss: 'What about you? Ive seen you in the market. You can lift hundred pound bags of flour'. I snap at him… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My time in the arena made me realize how I needed to stop punishing [my mother] for something she couldn't help, specifically… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The walls of this elevator are made of crystal so that you can watch the people on the ground floor shrink to… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
One night, I was lying in bed, and I was channel surfing between reality TV programs and actual war coverage. On one… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
And it’s all my fault, Gale. Because of what I did in the arena. If I had just killed myself with those… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My death could, in fact, save him. If it can't, no matter. It's enough to die of spite. To punish Haymitch, who,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I think it's very uncomfortable for people to talk to children about war, and so they don't because it's easier not to.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. And a a lot of people do, out of relief that their children… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I can't argue that Finnick isn't one of the most stunning, sensuous people on the planet. But I can honestly say he's… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly realized through the artistry of the designers. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
A furious Peeta hammers Haymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch watching me. This is the moment,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
I don't know how to say it exactly. Only...I want to die as myself. Does that make any sense?' he asks. I shake my… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
“I want to interrupt the taping and beg Finnick’s forgiveness for every false thought I’ve ever had about him.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
I pound on the glass, screaming my head off. Everyone ignores me except for some Capitol attendant who appears behind me and offers me… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
“¡Es que no quiero que me conozcan! ¡Ya me están quitando el futuro! ¡No pueden llevarse también lo que me importaba en el pasado!” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
“I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
Mostly we just add to the piles of rainbow glass that's been blown off the exteriors of the cany-colored buildings. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't have a fully loaded… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
“But the significant difference between Thirteen and the Capitol are the expectations of the populace. Thirteen was used to hardship, wheras in the Capitol,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share
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