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

— Suzanne Collins

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

— Suzanne Collins

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

— Suzanne Collins

Beware, Underlanders, time hangs by a thread. The hunters are hunted, white water runs red. The Gnawers will strike to extinguish the rest. The hope of the hopeless resides in a quest. An Overland warrior, a son of the sun, May bring us backlight, he may bring us back none. But gather your neighbors and follow his caller rats will most surely devour us all. Two over, two under, of royal descent, Two flyers, two crawlers, two spinners assent. One gnawed beside and one lost up ahead. And eight will be left when we count up the dead. The last who will die must decide where he stands. The fate of the eight is contained in his hands. So bid him take care, bid him look where he leaps, As life may be death and death life again reaps.

— Suzanne Collins

But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim’s place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. It means thanks, it means admiration, it means goodbye to someone you love.

— Suzanne Collins

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.

— Suzanne Collins

But for better or worse, I am not motivated by kindness.

— Suzanne Collins

But I don't know what to him about the aftermath of killing a person. About how they never leave you.

— Suzanne Collins

But I have to confess, I'm glad you two had at least a few months of happiness together." I'm not glad," says Peeta. "I wish we had waited until the whole thing was done officially." This takes even Caesar aback. "Surely even a brief time is better than no time?" Maybe I'd think that, too, Caesar," says Peeta bitterly, "If it weren't for the baby.

— Suzanne Collins