District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety. β Suzanne Collins
My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here. β Suzanne Collins
Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor. β Suzanne Collins
There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's book and write your own.
I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever. β Suzanne Collins
To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed. β Suzanne Collins
It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart. β Suzanne Collins
There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realize there is so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.
My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me. β Suzanne Collins
I'm obsessed with Greek mythology. My favorite goddess is Artemis. She's strong and reminds me of Katniss, the heroine of The Hunger Games. β Isabelle Fuhrman
I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do there is a part of every tribute they can't own. That Rue was more than a piece in their Games. And so am I. β Suzanne Collins
Love me or hate me, it's one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I'm a veteran. A champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I'm loved, for the exact same reasons. β Kobe Bryant
In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too. β Suzanne Collins
Each time you read a book, a tree smiles knowing there's life after death.
You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces. β Suzanne Collins
I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have. β Suzanne Collins
You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real. β Suzanne Collins
You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers. "Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other. β Suzanne Collins
Capitol In Hunger Games Quotes
I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun. β Suzanne Collins
Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch β this is the Capitolβs way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. β Suzanne Collins
The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think.
Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it. β Suzanne Collins
Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but I do care for some people. β Suzanne Collins
Youβve got about as much charm as a dead slug. β Suzanne Collins
You dont have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
Because...because...she came here with me. β Suzanne Collins
I don't want to lose the boy with the bread. β Suzanne Collins
We could do it, you know." "What?" "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it. β Suzanne Collins
More Hunger Games Book Quotes
District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety. β Suzanne Collins
My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here. β Suzanne Collins
Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor. β Suzanne Collins
Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever. β Suzanne Collins
To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed. β Suzanne Collins
It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart. β Suzanne Collins
My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me. β Suzanne Collins
I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun. β Suzanne Collins
Here's some advice. Stay alive. β Suzanne Collins
Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch β this is the Capitolβs way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. β Suzanne Collins
Katniss, the girl who was on fire! β Suzanne Collins
Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it. β Suzanne Collins
Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but I do care for some people. β Suzanne Collins
Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and thereβs nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen. β Suzanne Collins
Youβve got about as much charm as a dead slug. β Suzanne Collins
You here to finish me off, Sweetheart? β Suzanne Collins
You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real. β Suzanne Collins
I don't want to lose the boy with the bread. β Suzanne Collins
I'm more than just a piece in their Games. β Suzanne Collins
Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love. β Suzanne Collins
Only I keep wishing I could think of a way...to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games. β Suzanne Collins
Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own death. How do you side step that? β Suzanne Collins
Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying. β Suzanne Collins
You donβt forget the face of the person who was your last hope. β Suzanne Collins
Exactly how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there? Somehow it just won't seem sincere if I'm trying to slit his throat. β Suzanne Collins
The more likable he is, the more deadly he is.β -Katniss Everdeen β Suzanne Collins
Sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them. β Suzanne Collins
Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness...except possibly when it comes to you. β Suzanne Collins
The fans of 'The Hunger Games,' of the book, are very passionate. It's funny: Even at my concerts there are people holding up 'Cinna' signs. β Lenny Kravitz
What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? β Suzanne Collins
Why am I hopping around like some trained dog trying to please people I hate? β Suzanne Collins
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. β Suzanne Collins
Yes, and Iβm sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people. β Suzanne Collins
Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there. β Suzanne Collins
I couldn't be happier about being a part of 'Hunger Games' and to play Katniss. I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book and I don't take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece. β Jennifer Lawrence
'The Hunger Games' for me is I love the books so much and the character and the story were incredible. That's kind of the game plan is just do really interesting stories with interesting characters. β Josh Hutcherson
I've just had the opportunity to see the finished film of 'The Hunger Games.' I'm really happy with how it turned out. I feel like the book and the film are individual yet complementary pieces that enhance one another. β Suzanne Collins
I had no idea 'The Hunger Games' was so big. I didn't even know the book. I had been living under my own rock. β Lenny Kravitz
I love the Hunger Games books. Certainly, the fans are there. They're grown enormously since the beginning. When I first brought the books to Lionsgate, they had sold about 150,000 copies, which is a very good result for a YA book. And to their credit, Lionsgate was very excited and committed to the movie, from the beginning. β Nina Jacobson
I've always tried to really focus on The Hunger Games movie, knowing that, yes, these are amazing books and I would feel like a failure, if I didn't get all three of them made. β Nina Jacobson
We didn't want to dilute or soften the material because that would really be irresponsible, in its own way. The [Hunger Games] books are very intense and very demanding of the reader, and the movie should be that too. β Nina Jacobson
Being able to just stick to our instincts and honor the [Hunger Games] books and find a way to stay the course of trying to make the best possible decisions that you would make creatively on any movie, without having your head turned too much by all of the interest, has been a great challenge. It's the best challenge you could ask for, but that was a big challenge. β Nina Jacobson
You're not doing the scene exactly the way it is in the book [The Hunger Games], but the intention of the scene is there. β Nina Jacobson
When you read a book [The Hunger Games], you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination. In the book, it's great when she can push a button and food comes up, as per your order. β Nina Jacobson
I felt that there were so many things that could go wrong, in adapting The Hunger Games , and I had this fierce desire to protect this book that she had written. At that time, I read the second book, in manuscript form, and so I saw where she was going with the series. I was able to convince Suzanne [Collins] to trust me with the books. β Nina Jacobson
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