Suzanne Collins Quotes

Oh, we're playing nice now? Shall we have tea first? Brew up a nice pot of kiss-my-ass?

If you walk through life in a fighting pose with your fists balled up and ready to strike, someone, someday, somewhere, is going to want to test your mettle.

All confrontation is based on deception.

Hostility is expressed in a number of ways. One is laughter.

Enobaria smiles at Johanna. 'Don't look so smug,' says Johanna. 'We'll kill you anyway.

Your eyes have turned as black as a Crow’s,” she blurted out. He didn’t even blink over her bizarre comment. “Not this time, Christina,” he said in a furious whisper. “Compliments won’t get me off balance again, my little temptress. I swear to God, if you ever again dismiss me so casually, I’m going to––” “Oh, it wasn’t a compliment,” Christina interrupted, letting him see her irritation. “How presumptuous of you to think it was. The Crow is our enemy.

It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are!

Any time I’m not shooting my mouth off to a clichéd, two-bit creature of the night like you, it’s because I’m up to something.

Hey!" I turned, crossing my arms and glaring. "I was talking to him!" Tybalt eyed me with amusement, which just made me glare harder. "No, you were inciting him to stab you with a toothpick. Again, the difference is small, but I think it matters.

Surprise me, Atlantean. Attack. This isn’t a dance party. (Takeshi) You know, this isn’t building my confidence. In fact, I think I’m just going to lie here for a bit and take in some sun. (Acheron)

You gonna keep staring at me, Great Acheron, or are you ready to chew me a new one?

How would you like to find out how good my right is?

Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim.

When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!

I've upped my standards. Now, up yours.

I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.

We will push those crooks, those mercenaries back into the swamp.

I want to manufacture a feud.

Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.

When people tell me that I'm a hothead, I have one response, 'You got a problem with that?'

If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right on the nose, and I'm just the fella to do it.

My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?

If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya.

Bring them on.