Capitol In Hunger Games Quotes

• Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy.

  Suzanne Collins

  Kids, Watches, Way

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.20, Scholastic Inc.

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• What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes to rill in and die for their entertainment?

  Suzanne Collins

  Waiting Around, Katniss, People

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.60, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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.

  Suzanne Collins

  Thinking, Games, Wish

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.137, Scholastic Inc.

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• Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen

  Suzanne Collins

  Children, Real, Kids

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.20, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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.

  Suzanne Collins

  Games, Katniss, Pieces

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.314, Scholastic Inc.

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• District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.

  Suzanne Collins

  Safety, Hunger Games Book, District 12

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.8, Scholastic Inc.

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• Suddenly I am furious, that with my life on the line, they don’t even have the decency to pay attention to me. That I’m being upstaged by a dead pig.

  Suzanne Collins

  Pigs, Katniss, Attention

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.96, Scholastic Inc.

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• Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

  Suzanne Collins

  Movie, Odds, President Snow

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.21, Scholastic Inc.

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• I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

  Suzanne Collins

  Games, Pieces, Hunger

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.137, Scholastic Inc.

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• They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to me in the past!

  Suzanne Collins

  Past, My Future

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.112, Scholastic Inc.

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• Here's some advice. Stay alive.

  Suzanne Collins

  Advice, Alive, Hunger Games Book

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.51, Scholastic Inc.

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• We could do it, you know." "What?" "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it.

  Suzanne Collins

  Running, Woods, Young Adult

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.11, Scholastic Inc.

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• I stare at the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not.

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Mirrors, Who I Am

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.480, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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.

  Suzanne Collins

  Hate, Home, Years

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.4, Scholastic Inc.

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• No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, Fire, Names

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

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• Barbarism? That's ironic coming from a woman helping to prepare us for slaughter. And what's she basing our success on? Our table manners?

  Suzanne Collins

  Ironic, Tables, Table Manners

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.69, Scholastic Inc.

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• Why am I hopping around like some trained dog trying to please people I hate?

  Suzanne Collins

  Dog, Hate, People

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.112, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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.

  Suzanne Collins

  Boys, Connections, Bread

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.32, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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.

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Trying, Sincere

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.32, Scholastic Inc.

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• Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there.

  Suzanne Collins

  People, Way, Kind

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.44, Scholastic Inc.

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• Katniss, the girl who was on fire!

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, President Snow, Games

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

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• You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug.

  Suzanne Collins

  Slugs, Hunger, Charm

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.112, Scholastic Inc.

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• As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Long, Finding Yourself

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.47, Scholastic Inc.

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• Because...because...she came here with me.

  Suzanne Collins

  Hunger For Love, Games, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.130, Scholastic Inc.

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• Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.

  Suzanne Collins

  Humor, Kissing, Hunger For Love

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.248, Scholastic Inc.

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