Suzanne Collins: Trending quotes

“Ladies and gentlemen, let the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games begin!”

Source: Catching Fire

“You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control.”

Claudius Templesmith, p. 147
The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)
Source: Mockingjay

“We fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice.”

Source: Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins

“Then he smiles as if he'd be happy to lie there and gaze at me forever.”

“As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.”

Source: The Hunger Games

“I swear if you cry, I'll kill you here and now.'
Cinna just smiles. 'Had a damp morning?'
'You could wring me out.' I reply”

Source: The Hunger Games

“If you appeal to the crowd, either by being humorous or brutal or eccentric, you gain favor.”

Source: Catching Fire

“An ability to look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they are.”

Source: The Hunger Games

“Peeta bakes. I hunt. Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out.”

Variant: Look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they really are.
Source: Mockingjay

“Fire beats roses again.”

Source: Mockingjay

“Even though I don't ask, Plutarch gives me cheerful updates on the phone like "Good news, Katniss! I think we've almost got him convinced you're not a mutt!" Or "Today he was allowed to feed himself pudding!”

Source: Mockingjay

“And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable.”

Source: Mockingjay

“And to us, we're more married than any piece of paper or big party could make us.”

Source: The Hunger Games

“He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’d be happy to lie there gazing at me forever.”

Source: Catching Fire

“That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. "Only not to us.”

Source: The Hunger Games

“I'll never know what it was he wanted me to remember.”

Source: The Hunger Games

“And if we burn, you burn with us.”

Source: The Hunger Games

“Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.”

Variant: Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!
Source: Mockingjay

“You know, you're kind of squeamish for such a lethal person”

Source: Catching Fire