Suzanne Collins Quotes

your heart is a weapon the size of your fist. keep fighting. keep loving

And he would put his arms around her and hold her, but he had no idea what to tell her. In his mind, Gregor knew how to kill things, not bring them back ti life.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so sure of themselves and wiser people so full of doubt.

I thought he wanted it, anyway, " I say. "Not like this, " Haymitch says. "He wanted it to be real.

Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

Glimmer, I hear someone call her - ugh, the names the people in District 1 give their children are so ridiculous ...

My children, who don't know they play on a graveyard.

We're victors, remember? We're the ones who can survive anything they throw at us

Dead, but not allowed to die. Alive, but as good as dead.

I'm left staring up at the night sky the only roof left because to many memories are drowning me.

Have I gone mad like Anne and no one has the heart to tell me? I wish someone would tell me, I feel crazy enough though.

The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that.

She's dead, you stupid cat. She's dead.

What do we do know?(Peeta)I guess we try to forget...(Katniss)I don't want to forget.(Peeta)

But for better or worse, I am not motivated by kindness.

I knew you'd kiss me.""How?" I say. Because I didn't know myself. "Because I am in pain, " He say's. "That's the only way I get your attention.

Orange?" He seems unconvinced."Not bright orange. But soft. Like the sunset, " I say. "At least, that's what you told me once.

Sometimes, when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread

No, when the time comes, I’m sure I’ll kill just like everybody else. I can’t go down without a fight. Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to…to show the Capitol they don’t own me.

May the odds be ever in your favor ~ Effie Trinket

Do you want me to have them sedate you until it's over?

I'm running on hate.

I find myself focusing up at the sky — the only roof left — because too many memories are drowning me.

Peeta" I said "Stay with me"I heard him say one word before the drigs pulled me under, I realised later that what he said was 'always

I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.

We are what no one wants to miss at the party. I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.

the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.

Something is significantly wrong with the creature that sacrifices its children's lives in order to settle its differences.

I can’t go down without a fight. Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to… to show the Capitol they don’t own me. That I’m more than just a piece in their Games.

He wanted to stay there forever, letting her soothe him, pretending he was just a kid and his mom could make everything okay.

It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people? It costs everything you are.

And that, my friends, is how a revolution dies.-Haymitch Abernathy

Funny, though, I don't feel too bad.

His face and arms are so artfully disguised as to be invisible. I kneel beside him. “I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off.” Peeta smiles. “Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.

How about you, Mockingjay? You feel totally safe?” “Oh, yeah. Right up until I got shot, ” I say.

I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence.

And when again it’s morning, they’ ll wash away. Here it’s safe, here it’s warm Here the daisies guard you from every harm

His dad said if you did something wrong to someone in public, you ought to admit it in public, too.

I'm sure they didn't notice anything but you. You should wear flames more often, " he says. "They suit you.

Yeah, about that, ” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that again.” “Or what?” I ask. “Or . . . or . . .” He can’t think of anything good. “Just give me a minute.

Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable. Why did it take him being whipped within an inch of his life to see it?

Never was I supposed to hear the words 'He says he wants to see you.' But now that I have, there's no way to refuse.

How are you managing? And don't say you're fine."It's true. Whatever the opposite of fine is, that's what I am.

Greed and corruption isn't in the world.It's in the people".

Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t, ” he says.

I said that i would try to win, but to win for her.