Are you preparing for another war, Plutarch?" I ask." Oh, not now. Now we're in a sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated," he says. "But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction. Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss.

— Suzanne Collins

As coal pressured into pearls by our weighty existence. Beauty that arose out of pain.

— Suzanne Collins

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

— Suzanne Collins

As we ride the elevator Gale finally says “You're still angry.”“And you're still not sorry,” I reply.” I will stand by what I said. Do you want me to lie about it?” he asks.“No, I want you to rethink it and come up with the right opinion,” I tell him.

— Suzanne Collins

At once, it’s clear I cannot gush. We try me playing cocky, but I just don’t have the arrogance. Apparently, I’m too “vulnerable” for ferocity. I’m not witty. Funny. Sexy. Or mysterious By the end of the session, I am no one at all.

— Suzanne Collins

Because...because...she came here with me.

— 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.

— Suzanne Collins

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.

— Suzanne Collins

Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it.

— Suzanne Collins

Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences.

— Suzanne Collins