“I have the pearl, though, secured in a parachute with the spile and the medicine at my waist. I hope it makes… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Boy, that was mean, even by my standards," Maysilee says to me. "You can't choose your parents." "You could reject their business,"… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of 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
I'm not prepared for Rue's family. Her parents, whose faces are still fresh with sorrow. Her fiver younger siblings, who resemble her… — 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
“My father could have made good money selling them, but if the officials found out he would have been publicly executed for… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother’s body, their cheeks pressed together. In sleep, my mother… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My mother tried really hard to protect us, but occasionally, after afternoon cartoons of whatever was on... the nightly news would come… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“No. My mother and younger brother. My girl. They were all dead two weeks after I was crowned victor. Because of that… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Not everyone is treated with such respect. But whenever my father sang, all the birds in the area would fall silent and… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My father was career military. He was a veteran, he was a doctor of political science, he taught at West Point and… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My time in the arena made me realize how I needed to stop punishing [my mother] for something she couldn't help, specifically… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“When I was younger, I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about District 12, about the people… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Since I’ve been home I’ve been trying hard to mend my relationship with my mother. Asking her to do things for me… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“my mother snatched the rope necklaces away and was yelling at my father.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
But there's food if you know how to find it. My father knew and he taught me some before he was blown… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
One time, my mother told me that I always eat like I'll never see food again. And I said, "I won't unless… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“In fact, all three are so readily respectful and nice to my mother that I feel bad about how I go around… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“You know what my mother said to me when she came to say good-bye, as if to cheer me up, she says… — 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
