Hunger Games Book Quotes

• It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.

  Suzanne Collins

  Life, Fall, I Hate You

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.156, 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button?

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Buttons, World

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

  Suzanne Collins

  Kids, Watches, Way

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

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• The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins.

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, Fighting, Winning

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

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• You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.

  Suzanne Collins

  Games, Katniss, Heartbreaking

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.80, 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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• What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.

  Suzanne Collins

  Love, Spring, Inspiration

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.388, Scholastic Inc.

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• Destroying things is much easier than making them.

  Suzanne Collins

  Inspirational, Easier, Destroying

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.206, Scholastic Inc.

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• Here's some advice. Stay alive.

  Suzanne Collins

  Advice, Alive, Effie Trinket

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

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

  Suzanne Collins

  Safety, District 12, Capitol In Hunger Games

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

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• Sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

  Suzanne Collins

  Catching On, People, Catching Fire

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.32, 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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• I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

  Suzanne Collins

  Catching On, Forever, Catching Fire

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.245, 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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• I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.

  Suzanne Collins

  Beauty, Beautiful, Truth

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.116, 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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• Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness...except possibly when it comes to you.

  Suzanne Collins

  Beauty, Eye, Catching On

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• I don't want to lose the boy with the bread.

  Suzanne Collins

  Inspirational, Boys, Hunger For Love

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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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• 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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• 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?

  Suzanne Collins

  Mean, Katniss, Survival

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.

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