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title: "6 Shot Quotes By Suzanne Collins"
description: "6 Shot quotes by Suzanne Collins. Plus more from Suzanne Collins and more Shot sayings from other authors."
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> [Instead, I watch myself get shot on television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/instead-i-watch-myself-get-shot-on-television/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89e/suzanne-collins-60_shot_instead-i-watch-myself-get-shot-on-telev_733709.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/)

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> [How about you, Mockingjay? You feel totally safe?” “Oh, yeah. Right up until I got shot,” I say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/how-about-you-mockingjay-you-feel-totally-safe-oh-yeah-right-up-until/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

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> [“Look what I shot.” Gale holds up a loaf of bread with an arrow stuck in it, and I laugh.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/look-what-i-shot-gale-holds-up-a-loaf-of-bread-with-an-arrow-stuck-in/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

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> [“I could be shot on a daily basis for hunting, but the appetite of those in charge protect me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-could-be-shot-on-a-daily-basis-for-hunting-but-the-appetite-of/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

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> [“Instead,I watched myself get shot on tv”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/instead-i-watched-myself-get-shot-on-tv/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

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## Other authors on Shot

## 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/)

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