Hunger Game Quotes by Suzanne Collins

Let the Hunger Games Begin!

— Suzanne Collins

Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun…

— Suzanne Collins

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

— Suzanne Collins

“The real sports of the Hunger Games is watching the tributes kill one another”

— Suzanne Collins

Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real.

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“But that kind of thinking . . . you could turn it into an argument for killing anyone at any time. You…

— Suzanne Collins

My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I…

— Suzanne Collins

“He said, See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner." -Peeta Mellark…

— Suzanne Collins

“Happy Hunger Games!” He plucks a few blackberries from the bushes around us. “And may the odds —” He tosses a berry…

— Suzanne Collins

Ladies and gentlemen…" His voice is quiet, but mine rings through the room. "Let the Seventy-sixth Hunger Games begin!

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You and me Haymitch.Very cozy.Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights sitting around the fire retelling old Hunger Games tale. -Peeta Mellark

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I wrote 'The Hunger Games' in a chair, like a La-Z-Boy chair, next to my bed. I had an office, but my…

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I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm jolted back in time, to…

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“My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. There is no District 12. I am…

— Suzanne Collins

Once I'm on my feet i realize escape might not be so simple, panic begins to set in. i can't stay here.…

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“The headache’s coming on and my thoughts begin to tangle. I shut my eyes and start to recite silently. My name is…

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“Where's Lover Boy? Oh, I see. You were gonna help him, right? Well that's sweet. It's too bad you couldn't help your…

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Both the 'Gregor' series and 'The Hunger Games' are what I call lightning-bolt ideas. There was a moment where the idea came…

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I'm not a very fancy person. I've been a writer a long time, and right now 'The Hunger Games' is getting a…

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All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story... You've got good characters... People think there's some…

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“Now I see what the audience saw, how he misled the Careers about me, stayed awake the entire night under the traker…

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“Look, I don’t feel so well. Maybe I’ll drop by tomorrow.” I’ve just reached the door when his voice stops me. “Katniss.…

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“Being older, I began to understand the lyrics. At the beginning, it sounds like a guy is trying to get his girlfriend…

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“You think I'm heartless." "I know you're not. But I won't tell you it's okay," I say. Now he draws back, almost…

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“He tells of the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once…

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“He made a point of complimenting Lysistrara's brilliant handling of the rabies situation and thanking her for her generosity in the last…

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“Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death. The nation of Panem, formed from a post-apocalyptic North America, is a country…

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“They play in the Meadow. The dancing girl with the dark hair and blue eyes. The boy with blond curls and gray…

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In 'The Hunger Games,' in most people's idea, in terms of rebellion or a civil-war situation, that would meet the criteria for…

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“You know what my mother said to me when she came to say goodbye, as if to cheer me up, she said…

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“So it’s almost entertaining to see Caesar Flickerman, the eternal host of the Hunger Games, with his painted face and sparkly suit,…

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“Rue drawing her last breath in my arms. And the song. I get to sing every note of the song. Something inside…

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“Sometimes Coriolanus wondered if the debris had been left there to remind the citizens of what they had endured. People had short…

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The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl…

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I've just had the opportunity to see the finished film of 'The Hunger Games.' I'm really happy with how it turned out.…

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Something inside me shuts down and I'm too numb to feel anything. It's like watching complete strangers in another Hunger Games. But…

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Peeta smiles and douses Haymitch's knife in white liquor from a bottle on the floor. He wipes the blade clean on his…

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“My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I…

— Suzanne Collins

Something keeps me moving forward, though. A lifetime of watching the Hunger Games lets me know that certain areas of the arena…

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There's a basis for the war, historically, in the 'Hunger Games,' which would be the third servile war, which was Spartacus' war,…

— Suzanne Collins