Suzanne Collins
157 quotes
Biography
"You love me. Real or not real?"I tell him, "Real."
"Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it."
"You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope."
"I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever."
"I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun."
"It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart."
"Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor."
"Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear."
"Destroying things is much easier than making them."
"Deep in the meadow, hidden far awayA cloak of leaves, a moonbeam rayForget your woes and let your troubles layAnd when it's morning again, they'll wash awayHere it's safe, here it's warmHere the daisies guard you from every harmHere your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them trueHere is the place where I love you."
"You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him."
"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."
"Stupid people are dangerous."
"I don't want to lose the boy with the bread."
"My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here."
"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."
"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."
"Finnick?"I say, "Maybe some pants?"He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this"-- he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose -- "distracting?"I laugh. Boggs looks embarrassed and Finnick looks more like the guy I met at the Quarter Quell"
"Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!"
"You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug."
"So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans."
"You here to finish me off, Sweetheart?"
"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."
"I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me."
"Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying."