Capitol Quotes
123 quotes by 84 authors
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I mourn my old life here. We barely scraped by, but I knew where I fit in, I knew what my place was in the…
— Suzanne Collins
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I pound on the glass, screaming my head off. Everyone ignores me except for some Capitol attendant who appears behind me and offers me a…
— Suzanne Collins
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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 weapon…
— Suzanne Collins
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He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television." "Are you and Beetee…
— Suzanne Collins
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If it's true, why do they leave us to live like this? With the hunger and the killings and the Games?" And suddenly I hate…
— Suzanne Collins
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As I descend the stairs, I can’t help brushing my fingers along the unblemished white marble walls. So cold and beautiful. Even in the Capitol,…
— Suzanne Collins
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Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how…
— Suzanne Collins
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I send a silent thank-you to Dalton for suggesting I wash off the makeup. How ridiculous, how perverse I would feel presenting that painted Capitol…
— Suzanne Collins
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I don't have a talent, unless you count hunting illegally, which they don't. Or maybe singing, which I wouldn't do for the Capitol in a…
— Suzanne Collins
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Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the Capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams.†Annie, who's on Johanna's other side, does that thing…
— Suzanne Collins
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The arenas are historic sites, preserved after the Games. Popular destinations for Capitol residents to visit, to vacation. Go for a month, rewatch the Games,…
— Suzanne Collins
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Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how…
— Suzanne Collins
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Yes, everyone in the districts will be watching me to see how I handle this death sentence, this final act of President Snow’s dominance. They…
— Suzanne Collins
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Actually, Katniss isn’t complaining because she has no intention of staying with the “Star Squad,†but she recognizes the necessity of getting to the Capitol…
— Suzanne Collins
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If I can make it clear that I’m still defying the Capitol right up to the end, the Capitol will have killed me... but not…
— Suzanne Collins
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Yes, they have to have a victor. Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up in the Gamemakers' faces. They'd have failed the Capitol.…
— Suzanne Collins
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I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.
— Suzanne Collins
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There's no district 12 to escape from now, no Peacekeepers to trick, no hungry mouths to feed. The Capitol took away all of that, and…
— Suzanne Collins
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But in school I remember hearing that for the second Quarter Quell, the Capitol demanded that twice the number of tributes be provided for the…
— Suzanne Collins
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The berries. I realize the answer to who I am lies in that handful of poisonous fruit. If I held them out to save Peeta…
— Suzanne Collins
Who Wrote These Capitol Quotes
84 authors contributed a total of 123 Capitol Quotes, led by these top contributors: