--- title: "8 Crowds Quotes By Suzanne Collins" description: "8 Crowds quotes by Suzanne Collins. Plus more from Suzanne Collins and more Crowds sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_then-something-unexpected-happens-at-lea_172130.jpg" --- > [Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/then-something-unexpected-happens-at-least-i-don-t-expect-it-because/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_then-something-unexpected-happens-at-lea_172130.jpg) > [My words hang in the air. I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/my-words-hang-in-the-air-i-look-to-the-screen-hoping-to-see-them/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/suzanne-collins-60_air_my-words-hang-in-the-air-i-look-to-the-s_853685.jpg) > [If you appeal to the crowd, either by being humorous or brutal or eccentric, you gain favor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/if-you-appeal-to-the-crowd-either-by-being-humorous-or-brutal-or/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/suzanne-collins-60_appeals_if-you-appeal-to-the-crowd-either-by-bei_1938386.jpg) > [Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice. That's how we met, with Finnick offering me sugar. Surrounded by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/want-a-sugar-cube-he-asks-in-his-old-seductive-voice-that-s-how-we/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/suzanne-collins-60_allies_want-a-sugar-cube-he-asks-in-his-old-sed_2110909.jpg) > [Four people wheel out a huge wedding cake from a side room. Most of the guests back up, making way for this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/four-people-wheel-out-a-huge-wedding-cake-from-a-side-room-most-of-2/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/suzanne-collins-60_annie_four-people-wheel-out-a-huge-wedding-cak_2794103.jpg) > [Ripred sighed. 'I suppose so. You and I seem to end up doing everything. Shall we say four members for each delegation?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/ripred-sighed-i-suppose-so-you-and-i-seem-to-end-up-doing-everything/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/suzanne-collins-60_crowds_ripred-sighed-i-suppose-so-you-and-i-see_3121225.jpg) > [My mouth has gone dry as sawdust. I desperately find Cinna in the crowd and lock eyes with him. I imagine the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/my-mouth-has-gone-dry-as-sawdust-i-desperately-find-cinna-in-the/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/suzanne-collins-60_being-honest_my-mouth-has-gone-dry-as-sawdust-i-despe_3131678.jpg) > [She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/she-reaches-in-digs-her-hand-deep-into-the-ball-and-pulls-out-a-slip/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/suzanne-collins-60_balls_she-reaches-in-digs-her-hand-deep-into-t_3134569.jpg) ## Other authors on Crowds ## 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/crowds/suzanne-collins/#itemlist", "name": "8 Crowds Quotes By Suzanne Collins", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim's place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. 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