Parenting Quotes by Suzanne Collins

“My mother was beautiful once too. Or so they tell me. -Katniss”

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“My mother was very beautiful once, too. Or so they tell me. Sitting”

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“my mother snatched the rope necklaces away and was yelling at my father.”

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My mother says healers are born, not made.

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Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe.

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“I like Hazelle. Respect her. The explosion that killed my father took out her husband as well, leaving her with three boys…

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“My father could have made good money selling them, but if the officials found out he would have been publicly executed for…

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One time, my mother told me that I always eat like I'll never see food again. And I said, "I won't unless…

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“my father found me immediately. He calmed me down and told me everything was fine, only we’d better not sing that song…

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“She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the…

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

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All I can think of is the emaciated bodies of children on our kitchen table as my mother prescribes what the parent's…

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“And right when your song ended I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner," Peeta says. "Then for…

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“No. My mother and younger brother. My girl. They were all dead two weeks after I was crowned victor. Because of that…

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“Small, bluish tubers that don't look like much but boiled or baked are as good as any patato. 'Katniss,' I said aloud.…

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Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father…

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“When I was younger, I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about District 12, about the people…

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See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner," "A coal miner? Why…

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“I pick up a few remembrances: a photo of my parents on their wedding day, a blue hair ribbon for Prim, the…

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“I think of my parents. The way my father never failed to bring her gifts from the woods. The way my mother’s…

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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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“Peeta, you said at the interview you’d had a crush on me forever. When did forever start? Oh, let’s see. I guess…

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“Since I’ve been home I’ve been trying hard to mend my relationship with my mother. Asking her to do things for me…

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“We didn’t sing it anymore, my father and I, or even speak of it. After he died, it used to come back…

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“My father got to know my mother because on his hunts he would sometimes collect medicinal herbs and sell them to her…

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I'm relieved Peeta's alive. I tell myself again that if I get killed, his winnings will benefit my mother and Prim the…

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A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were…

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“Peeta,” I say lightly. “You said at the interview you’d had a crush on me forever. When did forever start?” “Oh, let’s…

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“Boy, that was mean, even by my standards," Maysilee says to me. "You can't choose your parents." "You could reject their business,"…

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“We were five. You had a plaid dress and your hair...it was in two braids instead of one. My father pointed you…

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“You know what my mother said to me when she came to say good-bye, as if to cheer me up, she says…

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My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain.

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“He puts the chain with the locket around my neck, then rests his hand over the spot where our baby would be.…

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My father was career military. He was a veteran, he was a doctor of political science, he taught at West Point and…

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I have not wept since the death of my parents," said Luxa quietly. "But I am thought to be unnatural in this…

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No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta…

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“Lady licking Prim's cheek. My father's laugh. Peeta's father with the cookies. The color of Finnick's eyes. What Cinna could do with…

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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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“I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips. I remember my father…

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“He couldn’t, Haymitch. He never heard me sing that song.” “Not you. Your father. He heard him singing it one day when…

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