Suzanne Collins Quotes about Children

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It sends out a very clear message: Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children.

It sends out a very clear message: "Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children.

Suzanne Collins

Children, Messages, Clear

I think we put our children at an enormous disadvantage by not educating them in war, by not letting them understand about it at an early age.

Suzanne Collins

Children, War, Thinking

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Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen

Suzanne Collins

Children, Real, Kids

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.20, Scholastic Inc.

Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children's lives to settle its differences. You can spin it any way you like... But in the end, who does it benefit? No one. The truth is, it benefits no one to live in a world where these things happen

Suzanne Collins

Children, Sacrifice, Differences

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1455, Scholastic Inc.

I have two older sisters and one older brother and hold them largely responsible for the trouble I got into growing up. I believe as the youngest child, that is my right.

Suzanne Collins

Brother, Children, Growing Up

Suzanne Collins (2010). “The Underland Chronicles #1: Gregor the Overlander”, p.316, Scholastic Inc.

Glimmer, I hear someone call her - ugh, the names the people in District 1 give their children are so ridiculous.

Suzanne Collins

Children, Names, People

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.177, Scholastic Inc.

It's more complicated than that. I know them. They're not evil or cruel. They're not even smart. Hurting them, it's like hurting children.

Suzanne Collins

Hurt, Children, Smart

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.53, Scholastic Inc.

Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.

Suzanne Collins

Children, Sacrifice, Katniss

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.21, Scholastic Inc.

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

Suzanne Collins

Children, Sacrifice, Differences

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1455, Scholastic Inc.

I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she's a survivor, and I trust her, and why not admit it? She reminds me of Prim.

Suzanne Collins

Children, Team, Survivor

Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.268, Scholastic Inc.

Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. And a a lot of people do, out of relief that their children have been spared for another year. But at least two families will pull their shutters, lock their doors, and try to figure out how they will survive the painful weeks to come.

Suzanne Collins

Children, Doors, Years

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.12, Scholastic Inc.

She must have really loved him to leave her home for the Seam. I try to remember that when all I can see is the woman who sat by, blank and unreachable, while her children turned to skin and bones. I try to forgive her for my father's sake. But to be honest, I'm not the forgiving type.

Suzanne Collins

Children, Father, Home

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.10, Scholastic Inc.