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The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games is a series of young adult dystopian novels written by American novelist Suzanne Collins. The series is set in The Hunger Games universe, and follows young Katniss Everdeen.

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“This is what birds see. Only they're free and safe. The very opposite of me.”

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“Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun.”

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Tagline on the back cover
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)

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“Obviously this person's a hazard. Stupid people are dangerous.”

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Variant: Stupid people are dangerous.
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“He hates me more," says Peeta. "I don't think people in general are his sort of thing.”

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“Yes, it's your fault I'm alive.”

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“I can see the first apple teetering when I let the third arrow go, catching the torn flap and ripping it from the bag. For a moment, everything seems frozen in time. Then the apples spill to the ground and I'm blown backward into the air.”

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“What was that you were saying just before the food arrived? Something about me… no competition… best thing that ever happened to you…”

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“I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.”

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“I'm not good at talking about myself.”

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“It's funny, because even though they're rattling on about the Games, it's all about where they were or what they were doing or how they felt when a specific event occurred…. Everything is about them, not the dying boys and girls in the arena”

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“But there's food if you know how to find it. My father knew and he taught me some before he was blown to bits in a mine explosion. There was nothing even to bury. I was eleven then. Five years later, I still wake up screaming for him to run.”

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“Okay, listen to me, you're stronger than they are. You are. They just want a good show, that's all they want. You know how to hunt. Show them how good you are.”

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“Maybe the other tributes are out there beating one another senseless. Which would be fine.

- Katniss”

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“It's hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots." - Katniss.”

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Variant: Its hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots.
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“In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness.”

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“"Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to…to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games," says Peeta.”

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Peeta Mellark to Katniss Everdeen, p. 142
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)

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“I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips.”

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“Katniss: 'What about you? Ive seen you in the market. You can lift hundred pound bags of flour'. I snap at him
Tell him that. Thats not nothing.
Peeta: Yes and Im sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

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