--- title: "7 Coal Quotes By Suzanne Collins" description: "7 Coal quotes by Suzanne Collins. Plus more from Suzanne Collins and more Coal sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/suzanne-collins-60_bird_see-that-little-girl-i-wanted-to-marry-h_113197.jpg" --- > [See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner," "A coal miner? Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/see-that-little-girl-i-wanted-to-marry-her-mother-but-she-ran-off/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/suzanne-collins-60_bird_see-that-little-girl-i-wanted-to-marry-h_113197.jpg) > [Charred bits of black silk swirl into the air, and pearls clatter to the stage… I’m in a dress of the exact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/charred-bits-of-black-silk-swirl-into-the-air-and-pearls-clatter-to/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/suzanne-collins-60_air_charred-bits-of-black-silk-swirl-into-th_203782.jpg) > [As coal pressured into pearls by our weighty existence. Beauty that arose out of pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/as-coal-pressured-into-pearls-by-our-weighty-existence-beauty-that/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/suzanne-collins-60_beauty_as-coal-pressured-into-pearls-by-our-wei_347914.jpg) > [Somehow it always comes back to coal at school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/somehow-it-always-comes-back-to-coal-at-school/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/174/suzanne-collins-60_coal_somehow-it-always-comes-back-to-coal-at_846406.jpg) > [But don't worry; as I've been saying - and this has been very clever of me, I'm sure you'll agree - if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/but-don-t-worry-as-i-ve-been-saying-and-this-has-been-very-clever-of/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b6/suzanne-collins-60_agree_but-don-t-worry-as-i-ve-been-saying-and_2016897.jpg) > [Hey, look at this!" He holds up a glistening, perfect pearl about the size of a pea. "You know, if you put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/hey-look-at-this-he-holds-up-a-glistening-perfect-pearl-about-the/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/suzanne-collins-60_clueless_hey-look-at-this-he-holds-up-a-glistenin_2790040.jpg) > [Not exactly. You see, Portia and I think that the coal miner thing's very overdone. No one will remember you in that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/not-exactly-you-see-portia-and-i-think-that-the-coal-miner-thing-s/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/suzanne-collins-60_black_not-exactly-you-see-portia-and-i-think-t_2891422.jpg) ## Other authors on Coal ## More by Suzanne Collins > [It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly realized through the artistry of the designers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/it-s-amazing-to-see-things-that-are-suggested-in-the-book-fully/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [KEEP CALM and HAVE A SUGAR CUBE](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/keep-calm-and-have-a-sugar-cube/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [A furious Peeta hammers Haymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch watching me. This is the moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/a-furious-peeta-hammers-haymitch-with-the-atrocity-he-could-become/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [“The same goes for the other captured tributes, Johanna and Enobaria.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/the-same-goes-for-the-other-captured-tributes-johanna-and-enobaria/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-don-t-know-how-to-say-it-exactly-only-i-want-to-die-as-myself-does/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/he-never-lets-go-of-annie-s-hand-not-when-they-walk-not-when-they-eat/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [“I want to interrupt the taping and beg Finnick’s forgiveness for every false thought I’ve ever had about him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-want-to-interrupt-the-taping-and-beg-finnick-s-forgiveness-for/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [I pound on the glass, screaming my head off. Everyone ignores me except for some Capitol attendant who appears behind me and offers me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-pound-on-the-glass-screaming-my-head-off-everyone-ignores-me-except/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/because-it-doesn-t-matter-anymore-and-because-i-m-so-desperately/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [Then I dive into my tent before I do something stupid like cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/then-i-dive-into-my-tent-before-i-do-something-stupid-like-cry/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [“¡Es que no quiero que me conozcan! ¡Ya me están quitando el futuro! ¡No pueden llevarse también lo que me importaba en el pasado!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/es-que-no-quiero-que-me-conozcan-ya-me-est-n-quitando-el-futuro-no/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [“I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-act-delighted-but-i-have-zero-interest-in-these-capitol-people-they/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [Mostly we just add to the piles of rainbow glass that's been blown off the exteriors of the cany-colored buildings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/mostly-we-just-add-to-the-piles-of-rainbow-glass-that-s-been-blown/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/you-re-punishing-him-over-and-over-for-things-that-are-out-of-his/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [“But the significant difference between Thirteen and the Capitol are the expectations of the populace. Thirteen was used to hardship, wheras in the Capitol,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/but-the-significant-difference-between-thirteen-and-the-capitol-are/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coal/suzanne-collins/#itemlist", "name": "7 Coal Quotes By Suzanne Collins", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner,\" \"A coal miner? 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