Suzanne Collins Quotes

Knowing it and seeing it are two different things.

What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.

And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me.

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, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena.

Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness...except possibly when it comes to you.

Star-crossed lovers desperate to get home together. Two hearts beating as one. Romance.

Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.

You here to finish me off, Sweetheart?

Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.

It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman.

Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Especially if the target is unprepared.

I really can't think about kissing when I've got a rebellion to incite.

No. Now, shut up and eat your pears.

The idea of being strong for someone else having never entered their heads, I find myself in the position of having to console them. Since I'm the person going in to be slaughtered, this is somewhat annoying.

Look, if you wanted to be babied you should have asked Peeta.

Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?

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

I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.

His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel.

I know I'll never marry, never risk bringing a child into the world. Because if there's one thing being a victor doesn't guarantee, it's our children's safety. My kids' names would go right into the reaping balls with everyone else's. And I swear I'll never let that happen.