“She's really gone, then...Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly...” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“The real sports of the Hunger Games is watching the tributes kill one another” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“He said, See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner." -Peeta Mellark… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I remember everything about you," says Peeta, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear. "You're the one who wasn't paying… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Happy Hunger Games!” He plucks a few blackberries from the bushes around us. “And may the odds —” He tosses a berry… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I wrote 'The Hunger Games' in a chair, like a La-Z-Boy chair, next to my bed. I had an office, but my… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
You and me Haymitch.Very cozy.Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights sitting around the fire retelling old Hunger Games tale. -Peeta Mellark — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen…" His voice is quiet, but mine rings through the room. "Let the Seventy-sixth Hunger Games begin! — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Both the 'Gregor' series and 'The Hunger Games' are what I call lightning-bolt ideas. There was a moment where the idea came… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I'm not a very fancy person. I've been a writer a long time, and right now 'The Hunger Games' is getting a… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“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… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“The headache’s coming on and my thoughts begin to tangle. I shut my eyes and start to recite silently. My name is… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. There is no District 12. I am… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“But that kind of thinking . . . you could turn it into an argument for killing anyone at any time. You… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Rue drawing her last breath in my arms. And the song. I get to sing every note of the song. Something inside… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“You know what my mother said to me when she came to say goodbye, as if to cheer me up, she said… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“He tells of the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death. The nation of Panem, formed from a post-apocalyptic North America, is a country… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I’m about to haul my packs into a tree to make camp when a silver parachute floats down and lands in front… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm jolted back in time, to… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“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… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“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.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Now I see what the audience saw, how he misled the Careers about me, stayed awake the entire night under the traker… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“So it’s almost entertaining to see Caesar Flickerman, the eternal host of the Hunger Games, with his painted face and sparkly suit,… — 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
“You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea and… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story... You've got good characters... People think there's some… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Peeta smiles and douses Haymitch's knife in white liquor from a bottle on the floor. He wipes the blade clean on his… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I've just had the opportunity to see the finished film of 'The Hunger Games.' I'm really happy with how it turned out.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“It’s an awful lot to take in, this elaborate plan in which I was a piece, just as I was meant to… — 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
