Suzanne Collins Quotes

35 quotes

American television writer and novelist

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

"Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true..."

on Dreams

"We're victors, remember? We're the ones who can survive anything they throw at us"

on Resilience

"the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong."

on Protest

"Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness."

on Wisdom

"Even in war there should be lines you didn't cross."

on War

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

on War

"It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people? It costs everything you are."

on Life

"Aim higher in case you fall short."

on Ambition

"You don't destroy what you want toacquire in the future."

on Wisdom

"Knowing it and seeing it are two different things."

on Wisdom

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

on Life

"A need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it."

on Wisdom

"An ability to look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they are."

on Life

"Courage only counts when you can count."

on Courage

"I just don't want them to change me, if I'm going to die I still want to be me."

on Identity

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

on Truth

"Either you came in here a swimmer or you'd better be a really fast learner"

on Inspirational

"the evil thing is inside, not out."

on Psychology

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

on Life

"How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving."

on Compassion