Hunger Games Quotes

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.

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

I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you.

romantic

I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and live in it forever.

romantic

Life in District 12 isn't really so different from life in the arena. At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.

Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness. Except possibly when it comes to you.

I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.

District Twelve. Where you can starve to death in safety.

We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

mankind

It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true. Here is the place where I love you.

I watch his hands, his beautiful, capable fingers. Scarred, as mine were before the Capitol erased all marks from my skin, but strong and deft. Hands that have the power to mine coal but the precision to set a delicate snare. Hands I trust.