Suzanne Collins Quotes About Reality

Quotes about: Reality

• For the last year his grandma had been slipping in and out of reality. One minute she was as clear as a bell and the next she was calling him Simon. Who was Simon? He had no idea.

  Suzanne Collins

  Grandma, Reality, Years

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.13, Scholastic Inc.

• Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the Capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams.” Annie, who's on Johanna's other side, does that thing where she covers her ears and exits reality. Finnick shoots Johanna an angry look as his arm encircles Annie. “What? My head doctor says I'm not supposed to censor my thoughts. It's part of my therapy,” replies Johanna.

  Suzanne Collins

  Reality, Doctors, Cells

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.241, Scholastic Inc.

• Katniss, got that spile?" Finnick asks, snapping me back to reality.

  Suzanne Collins

  Reality, Katniss, Snapping

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.338, Scholastic Inc.

• When I wake, I have a brief, delicious feeling of happiness that is somehow connected with Peeta. Happiness, of course, is a complete absurdity at this point, since at the rate things are going, I'll be dead in a day. And that's the best-case scenario, if I'm able to eliminate the rest of the field, including myself, and get Peeta crowned as the winner of the Quarter Quell. Still, the sensation's so unexpected and sweet I cling to it, if only for a few moments. Before the gritty sand, the hot sun, and my itching skin demand a return to reality.

  Suzanne Collins

  Sweet, Reality, Feelings

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.497, Scholastic UK

• One night, I was lying in bed, and I was channel surfing between reality TV programs and actual war coverage. On one channel, there's a group of young people competing for I don't even know; and on the next, there's a group of young people fighting in an actual war. I was really tired, and the lines between these stories started to blur in a very unsettling way. That's the moment when Katniss's story came to me.

  Suzanne Collins

  War, Lying, Tired

  "A Killer Story: An Interview with Suzanne Collins, Author of ‘The Hunger Games’ | Under Cover". Interview with Rick Margolis, www.slj.com. September 1, 2008.

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