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100 Inspiring Quotes By Suzanne Collins For The Child In You

Famous As: Television writer
Born On: August 10, 1962
Born In: Hartford
Age: 60 Years
Suzanne Collins is a very popular American author of children’s books, and a television writer. She started her career by writing scripts for the successful children’s show 'Clarissa Explains It All'. This got her many offers for animated series from renowned channels like 'Nick Jr' and 'Fox network'. She was working on the script of 'Generation O!' during which she met James Proimos who inspired her to write books for children. She debuted with 'Gregor the Overlander' which became a best-seller and she turned it into five book series called 'The Underland Chronicles'. She further wrote a rhyming illustration titled 'When Charlie McButton Lost Power' which was well received by the masses. This was followed by the ‘Hunger games trilogy’ series starting with 'The Hunger Games', which became the most notable work of her career. The success of the book broke all the records as it stayed on the best-sellers list for a long period of 60 weeks. This popularity encouraged Collins to adapt the first book into a successful movie by the same name. Her significant contributions to the literary world has brought her many awards including the 'Children's Novel Award'. We have excerpted her famous quotes from her books, show and films. Go through the quotes and sayings by this great writer that will enlighten you and also make you walk down the memory lane to your childhood. 
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You love me. Real or not real?

You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real.

Suzanne Collins
You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.

You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.

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

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

Suzanne Collins
I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

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

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

Suzanne Collins
It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.

It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.

Suzanne Collins
Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

Suzanne Collins
Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.

Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.

Suzanne Collins
Destroying things is much easier than making them.

Destroying things is much easier than making them.

Suzanne Collins
You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.

You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.

Suzanne Collins
You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real,

You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers. "Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.

Suzanne Collins
Stupid people are dangerous.

Stupid people are dangerous.

Suzanne Collins
I don't want to lose the boy with the bread.

I don't want to lose the boy with the bread.

Suzanne Collins
My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

Suzanne Collins
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.

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.

Suzanne Collins
I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?' I turn into him. 'Put you somewhere you can't get hurt.

I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?' I turn into him. 'Put you somewhere you can't get hurt.

Suzanne Collins
Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!

Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!

Suzanne Collins
You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug.

You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug.

Suzanne Collins
So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

Suzanne Collins
You here to finish me off, Sweetheart?

You here to finish me off, Sweetheart?

Suzanne Collins
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.

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.

Suzanne Collins
I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.

I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.

Suzanne Collins
Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.

Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.

Suzanne Collins
May the odds be ever in your favor!

May the odds be ever in your favor!

Suzanne Collins
I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself.

I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself.

Suzanne Collins
I must have loved you a lot.

I must have loved you a lot.

Suzanne Collins
You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.

You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.

Suzanne Collins
Some walks you have to take alone.

Some walks you have to take alone.

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

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

Suzanne Collins
District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.

District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.

Suzanne Collins
There are much worse games to play.

There are much worse games to play.

Suzanne Collins
I clench his hands to the point of pain.

I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs.

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The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion.

The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion.

Suzanne Collins
Katniss, the girl who was on fire!

Katniss, the girl who was on fire!

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Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there.

Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there.

Suzanne Collins
Yes, and I’m sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.

Yes, and I’m sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.

Suzanne Collins
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.

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.

Suzanne Collins
Are you, are you coming to the tree? 
Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. 
Strange things did happen here. 
No stranger would let it be if we met up 
At midnight in the hanging tree.

Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Strange things did happen here. No stranger would let it be if we met up At midnight in the hanging tree.

Suzanne Collins
At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.

At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.

Suzanne Collins
We had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss,

We had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss," says Plutarch. "While you live, the revolution lives.

Suzanne Collins
Here's some advice. Stay alive.

Here's some advice. Stay alive.

Suzanne Collins
Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world, replies, of all things, “Music.

Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world, replies, of all things, “Music.

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

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

Suzanne Collins
I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.

I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.

Suzanne Collins
I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have.

I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have.

Suzanne Collins
Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.

Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.

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

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

Suzanne Collins
Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable.

Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable.

Suzanne Collins
So I only say,

So I only say, "So what should we do with our last few days?" "I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you," Peeta replies.

Suzanne Collins
For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.

For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.

Suzanne Collins
Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.

Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.

Suzanne Collins
Aim higher in case you fall short.

Aim higher in case you fall short.

Suzanne Collins
You’re not leaving me here alone,” I say. Because if he dies, I’ll never go home, not really. I’ll spend the rest of my life in this arena, trying to think my way out.

You’re not leaving me here alone,” I say. Because if he dies, I’ll never go home, not really. I’ll spend the rest of my life in this arena, trying to think my way out.

Suzanne Collins
Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. He has stopped hissing at me.
Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. He has stopped hissing at me. Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

Suzanne Collins
We could do it, you know.

We could do it, you know." "What?" "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it.

Suzanne Collins
You have a... remarkable memory.

You have a... remarkable memory." "I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention.

Suzanne Collins
They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.

They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.

Suzanne Collins
They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to me in the past!

They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to me in the past!

Suzanne Collins
I guess this is a bad time to mention I hung a dummy and painted Seneca Crane's name on it...

I guess this is a bad time to mention I hung a dummy and painted Seneca Crane's name on it...

Suzanne Collins
Katniss. I remember about the bread.

Katniss. I remember about the bread.

Suzanne Collins
But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise.

But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise.

Suzanne Collins
But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

Suzanne Collins
I knew you'd kiss me.

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.

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So that's who Finnick loves, I think. Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. But a poor, mad girl back home.

So that's who Finnick loves, I think. Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. But a poor, mad girl back home.

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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.

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.

Suzanne Collins
The cat that Prim got hates me, I think partly because I tried to drown it.

The cat that Prim got hates me, I think partly because I tried to drown it.

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Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.

Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.

Suzanne Collins
Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese.

Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese.

Suzanne Collins
No. Now, shut up and eat your pears.

No. Now, shut up and eat your pears.

Suzanne Collins
It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.

It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.

Suzanne Collins
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.

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.

Suzanne Collins
Well, I don't have much competition here.

Well, I don't have much competition here." "You don't have much competition anywhere.

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

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

Suzanne Collins
That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish.

That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish.

Suzanne Collins
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.

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.

Suzanne Collins
I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you.

I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you.

Suzanne Collins
My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me........

My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me........

Suzanne Collins
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true, here is the place where I love you.

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true, here is the place where I love you.

Suzanne Collins
I turn and put my lips close to Peeta's and drop my eyelids in imitation...

I turn and put my lips close to Peeta's and drop my eyelids in imitation... "He offered me sugar and wanted to know all my secrets," I say in my best seductive voice.

Suzanne Collins
I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.

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Remember, girl on fire,” he says, “I'm still betting on you.

Remember, girl on fire,” he says, “I'm still betting on you.

Suzanne Collins
Only I keep wishing I could think of a way...to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

Only I keep wishing I could think of a way...to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

Suzanne Collins
Katniss....he's still trying to keep you alive.

Katniss....he's still trying to keep you alive.

Suzanne Collins
It's lovely. If only you could frost someone to death.

It's lovely. If only you could frost someone to death." "Don't be so superior. You can never tell what you will find in the arena. Say it's a gigantic cake-

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Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had an agreement not to lie to each other.

Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had an agreement not to lie to each other.

Suzanne Collins
Want a sugar cube?

Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice.

Suzanne Collins
He became my confidante, someone with whom I could share thoughts I could never voice...In exchange, he trusted me with his.

He became my confidante, someone with whom I could share thoughts I could never voice...In exchange, he trusted me with his.

Suzanne Collins
All those months of taking it for granted that Peeta thought I was wonderful are over. Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it.

All those months of taking it for granted that Peeta thought I was wonderful are over. Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it.

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No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta says.

No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta says.

Suzanne Collins
I can only form one clear thought.

This is no place for a girl on fire.

I can only form one clear thought. This is no place for a girl on fire.

Suzanne Collins
I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

Suzanne Collins
Stay with me.

Always.

Stay with me. Always.

Suzanne Collins
Oh, that I do know...Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.

Oh, that I do know...Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.

Suzanne Collins
Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don't want to miss any of them.

Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don't want to miss any of them.

Suzanne Collins
Real or not real?

Real or not real?

Suzanne Collins
She has no idea. The effect she can have.

She has no idea. The effect she can have.

Suzanne Collins
Whose is it, do you think?

Whose is it, do you think?" I say finally. "No telling," says Finnick. "Why don't we let Peeta claim it, since he died today?

Suzanne Collins
Delly lost her temper at Peeta over how he treated you. She got very squeaky. It was like someone stabbing a mouse with a fork repeatedly.

Delly lost her temper at Peeta over how he treated you. She got very squeaky. It was like someone stabbing a mouse with a fork repeatedly.

Suzanne Collins
My mother says healers are born, not made.

My mother says healers are born, not made.

Suzanne Collins
I have kept track of the boy with the bread.

I have kept track of the boy with the bread.

Suzanne Collins