“I know I'll never marry, never risk bringing a child into the world. Because if there's one thing being a victor doesn't… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
It's more complicated than that. I know them. They're not evil or cruel. They're not even smart. Hurting them, it's like hurting… — 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
Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will… — 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
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
“Michael Collins, who laid the groundwork for this series with his deep commitment to educating his children on war and peace,” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Peeta and I grow back together. There are still moments when he clutches the back of a chair and hangs on until… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children's lives to settle its differences. You can spin it any… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I want to tell the rebels that I am alive. That I’m right here in District Eight, where the Capitol has just… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Everyone inside the barricade is a child. Toddlers to teenagers. Scared and frostbitten. Huddled in groups or rocking numbly on the ground.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“The snow’s red and littered with undersized body parts. Many of the children die immediately, but others lie in agony on the… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
All I can think of is the emaciated bodies of children on our kitchen table as my mother prescribes what the parent's… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
She must have really loved him to leave her home for the Seam. I try to remember that when all I can… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
One of the reasons it's important for me to write about war is I really think that the concept of war, the… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“A hovercraft marked with the Capitol’s seal materializes directly over the barricaded children. Scores of silver parachutes rain down on them. Even… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she's a survivor,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I think it was clear to all of us what your plan was. To sacrifice yourself in the arena so that Katniss… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“He lives alone, no wife or children, most of his waking hours drunk. I don’t want to end up like that.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I get a glimpse of the blond braid down her back. Then, as she yanks off her coat to cover a wailing… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I think we put our children at an enormous disadvantage by not educating them in war, by not letting them understand about… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I have two older sisters and one older brother and hold them largely responsible for the trouble I got into growing up.… — 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
“They’re medics. Rebel medics. I’d know the uniforms anywhere. They swarm in among the children, wielding medical kits.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I want to tell the rebels that I am alive. That I'm right here in District Eight, where the Capitol has just… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“The snow’s red and littered with undersized body parts. Many of the children die immediately, but others lie in agony on the… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
It sends out a very clear message: "Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children. — 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 Image
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 Image
“The same goes for the other captured tributes, Johanna and Enobaria.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“¡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 Image
“I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image