Suzanne Collins Quotes

I am madness maddened! That wild madness that's only calm to comprehend itself

I may look like the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next door to me.

They call me 'sweet,' and 'gentle'; and some of the men go the length of calling me 'endearing,' and I laugh in my sleeve and think, 'Oh, Lord! If you but knew what a brimstone of a creature I am behind all this beautiful amiability!'

As a general thing, I've always been drawn to characters who appear to be one thing on the surface, but are actually something else underneath.

I look crazy, but I'm not. And the funny thing is, that other people don't look crazy, but they are.

He used this great, sad, motionless face to suggest various related things: a one-track mind near the track's end of pure insanity; mulish imperturbability under the wildest of circumstances; how dead a human being can get and still be alive . . .

We're all not quite as sane as we pretend to be.

What do you know what goes on inside a man's mind? Outside he may look like a gentleman, but inside ' e may 'ave the 'ankering for murder.

I've been outta my mind a long time.

The madness is there, and will always be there. But it will keep sleeping, as long as I don't wake it up.

Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison

I try and be as normal as I can, but it's all pretty mental to be honest.

But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9.

...[P]eople who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all... (p.24)

A mind that is characterized by unrest will not be tranquil even in the presence of great calm.

Losing my mind sounds so pessimistic. I prefer the term winning my insanity.

Hold on. So in my mind, this jacked-up, sideways ridiculousness is the normal state?

I'm about what goes through people's minds. The stuff that people don't want to admit or face up to. The shows are about what's buried in people's psyches.

Not everyone is capable of madness; and of those lucky enough to be capable, not many have the courage for it.

In my mind, President Snow should be viewed in front of marble pillars hung with oversized flags. It's jarring to see him surrounded by the ordinary objects in the room. Like taking the lid off a pot and finding a fanged viper instead of stew.

He looks like the good boy he's never been.

Mind is madness. Only when you go beyond the mind, there will be meditation.

When you lose your mind, you'll come to your senses.

I'm an actor. Never trust an actor, whatever their energy is. I suppose you guys see that side of me, but I'm sure there's plenty of people close to me who've seen the other one. I think if we're all honest with ourselves, we all know that internal rage.

Whenever your mind is totally absorbed in whatever activities you are performing, your mind will remain calm and content.