Top 500 Suzanne Collins Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “And it takes so much energy to stay angry with someone who cries so much.”

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252. “But don’t worry; as I’ve been saying – and this has been very clever of me, I’m sure you’ll agree – if you put enough pressure on coal, it’ll turn to pearls!”

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253. “Her name’s Prim. She’s just twelve. And I love her more than anything.”

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254. “Because that’s what you and I do, protect each other.”

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255. “Well you are a piece of work aren’t you?”

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256. “That was the first time I ever saw him smile. It transformed him from someone menacing to someone you wished you knew.”

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257. “She has no idea. The effect she can have.”

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258. “Fire beats roses again.”

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259. “You’re hideous, you know that, right?”

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260. “The pounding music, the cheers, the admiration work their way into my blood, and I can’t suppress my excitement. Cinna has given me a great advantage. No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.”

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261. “My lips are just forming his name when his fingers lock around my throat.”

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262. “Everything is about them, not the dying boys and girls in the arena.”

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263. “Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable.”

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264. “Flight is essential, but I can’t let my fear show.”

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265. “You haven’t hurt people – you’ve given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it.”

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266. “Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death.”

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267. “It’s the final word in camouflage. Forget chucking weights around. Peeta should have gone into his private session with the Gamemakers and painted himself into a tree. Or a boulder. Or a muddy bank full of weeds.”

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268. “And here I am, strapped into a tree, a stone’s throw from the biggest idiot in the games.”

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269. “In other words, I step out of line and we’re all dead.”

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270. “Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences. You can spin it any way you like. Snow thought the Hunger Games were an efficient means of control. Coin thought the parachutes would expedite the war. But in the end, who does it benefit? No one. The truth is, it benefits no one to live in a world where these things happen.”

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271. “I’m almost there, almost to the barricade, when I thinks she hears me. Because for just a moment, she catches sight of me, her lips form my name. And that’s when the rest of the parachutes go off.”

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272. “I’m not a very fancy person. I’ve been a writer a long time, and right now ‘The Hunger Games’ is getting a lot of focus. It’ll pass. The focus will be on something else. It’ll shift. It always does. And that seems just fine.”

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273. “There’s a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to you. Don’t give up on him.”

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274. “People deal with me, but they are genuinely fond of Prim. Maybe there will be enough fondness to keep her alive.”

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275. “Tick tock, this is a clock.”

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

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277. “One time, my mother told me that I always eat like I’ll never see food again. And I said, “I won’t unless I bring it home.” That shut her up.”

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278. “Run like the river.”

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279. “I could be shot on a daily basis for hunting, but the appetite of those in charge protect me.”

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280. “I pull an arrow, whip the notch into place, and am about to let it fly when I’m stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta. And it’s so bizarre, even for Finnick.”

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281. “I’m in pain. That’s the only way I get your attention.”

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282. “And suddenly, it’s as if there’s no one in the world but these two, crashing through space to reach each other. They collide, enfold, lose their balance, and slam against a wall, where they stay. Clinging into one being. Indivisible.”

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283. “I can’t fight the sun. I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into a day that I’ve been dreading for months. Katniss Everdeen.”

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284. “I press my ear against his chest, to the spot where I always rest my head, where I know I will hear the strong and steady beat of his heart. Instead, I find silence.”

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285. “I also want to tell him how much I already miss him. But that wouldn’t be fair on my part.”

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286. “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 beverage.”

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287. “And he wanted to keep her. Safe and close at hand. Admired and admiring. Devoted. And entirely, unequivocally his.”

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288. “Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword.”

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289. “You can’t take my charm. You can’t take my humor.”

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290. “Just don’t die for me, you won’t be doing me any favour !”

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291. “Courage in battle was often necessary because of someone else’s poor planning.”

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292. “And she’s very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her.”

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293. “I force myself to take deep, slow breaths, feeling quite certain the cameras are on my face. I can’t show weakness at this injury. Not if I want help. Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does.”

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294. “I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she’s a survivor, and I trust her, and why not admit it? She reminds me of Prim.”

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295. “It’s not easy to find a topic. Talking of home is painful. Talking of the present unbearable.”

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296. “That even if they were separated by space, they were together in time.”

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297. “I wish Peeta were here to hold me, until I remember I’m not supposed to wish that anymore. I have chosen Gale and the rebellion, and a future with Peeta is the Capitol’s design, not mine.”

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298. “Then make one,” says Gale. “Even a weak bow is better than no bow at all.”

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299. “One look tells you ours have had more food, nicer clothing, and better dental care,” said Dean Highbottom. “Assuming anything more, a physical, mental, or especially a moral superiority, would be a mistake. That sort of hubris almost finished us off in the war.”

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300. “Positioned on my dresser, that white-as-snow rose is a personal message to me. It speaks of unfinished business. It whispers, I can find you. I can reach you. Perhaps I am watching you now.”

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