Quotes from work

The Hunger Games

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

“I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, my money would be on you.”

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

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

“Yes, it's your fault I'm alive.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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”

“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.”

“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.”

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

- Katniss”

“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.”

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

“In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness.”

“"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.”

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

“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.”