Suzanne Collins Quotes About Silence

Quotes about: Silence

• So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.

  Suzanne Collins

  Silence, Form, Applause

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.24, Scholastic Inc.

• To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. Not even the ones holding betting slips, the ones who are usually beyond caring. Possibly because they know me from the Hob, or knew my father, or have encountered Prim, who no one could help loving. So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.

  Suzanne Collins

  Father, Caring, People

• I curl up, make myself smaller, try to disappear entirely. Wrapped in silence, I slide my bracelet that reads 'mentally disoriented' around and around my wrist.

  Suzanne Collins

  Silence, Trying, Curls

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.351, Scholastic Inc.

• I press my ear against his chest, to the spot where I always rest my head, where I know I will hear the strong and steady beat of his heart. Instead, I find silence.

  Suzanne Collins

  Strong, Heart, Silence

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.839, Scholastic Inc.

• We sit in silence awhile then I blurt out the thing that's on both our minds. "How are we going to kill these people, Peeta?

  Suzanne Collins

  People, Silence, Mind

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.183, Scholastic

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