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“You don鈥檛 forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
Forget your woes and let your troubles lay
And when it's morning again, they'll wash away
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I'm coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home. Peeta hesitates, then gives an unconvincing shake of his head.

Handsome lad like you. There must be some special girl. Come on, what鈥檚 her name?" says Caesar.

Peeta sighs. "Well, there is this one girl. I鈥檝e had a crush on her ever since I can remember. But I鈥檓 pretty sure she didn鈥檛 know I was alive until the reaping."

Sounds of sympathy from the crowd. Unrequited love they can relate to.

She have another fellow?" asks Caesar.

I don鈥檛 know, but a lot of boys like her," says Peeta.

So, here鈥檚 what you do. You win, you go home. She can鈥檛 turn you down then, eh?" says Caesar encouragingly.

I don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 going to work out. Winning...won鈥檛 help in my case," says Peeta.

Why ever not?" says Caesar, mystified.

Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. "Because...because...she came here with me.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Destroying things is much easier than making them.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I don't want to lose the boy with the bread.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?' I turn into him. 'Put you somewhere you can't get hurt.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“You鈥檝e got about as much charm as a dead slug.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me.
I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. He has stopped hissing at me.
Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“If Peeta and I were both to die, or they thought we were....My fingers fumble with the pouch on my belt, freeing it. Peeta sees it and his hand clamps on my wrist. "No, I won't let you." "Trust me," I whisper. He holds my gaze for a long moment then lets go. I loosen the top of the pouch and pour a few spoonfuls of berries into his palm. Then I fill my own. "On the count of three?" Peeta leans down and kisses me once, very gently. "The count of three," he says. We stand, our backs pressed together, our empty hands locked tight. "Hold them out. I want everyone to see," he says. I spread out my fingers, and the dark berries glisten in the sun. I give Peeta's hand one last squeeze as a signal, as a good-bye, and we begin counting. "One." Maybe I'm wrong. "Two." Maybe they don't care if we both die. "Three!" It's too late to change my mind. I lift my hand to my mouth taking one last look at the world. The berries have just passed my lips when the trumpets begin to blare. The frantic voice of Claudius Templesmith shouts above them. "Stop! Stop! Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present the victors of the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark! I give you - the tributes of District 12!”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to me in the past!”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Well, I knew that goat would be a little gold mine," I say.
Yes, of course I was referring to that, not the lasting joy you gave your sister you love so much you took her place in the reaping," says Peeta drily.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“All right, so give me some idea of what you can do," says Haymitch.

I can鈥檛 do anything," says Peeta, "unless you count baking bread."

Sorry, I don鈥檛. Katniss. I already know you鈥檙e handy with a knife,鈥� says Haymitch.

Not really. But I can hunt,鈥� I say. 鈥淲ith a bow and arrow.鈥�

And you鈥檙e good?鈥� asks Haymitch.

I have to think about it. I鈥檝e been putting food on the table for four years. That鈥檚 no small task. I鈥檓 not as good as my father was, but he鈥檇 had more practice. I鈥檝e better aim than Gale, but I鈥檝e had more practice. He鈥檚 a genius with traps and snares. 鈥淚鈥檓 all right,鈥� I say.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Katniss, the girl who was on fire!”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“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, The Hunger Games

“Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world, replies, of all things, 鈥淢usic.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Yes, and I鈥檓 sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“He became my confidante, someone with whom I could share thoughts I could never voice...In exchange, he trusted me with his.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“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.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“You鈥檙e not leaving me here alone,鈥� I say. Because if he dies, I鈥檒l never go home, not really. I鈥檒l spend the rest of my life in this arena, trying to think my way out.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“No. Now, shut up and eat your pears.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“My mother says healers are born, not made.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“If you appeal to the crowd, either by being humorous or brutal or eccentric, you gain favor.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“The cat that Prim got hates me, I think partly because I tried to drown it.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“You here to finish me off, Sweetheart?”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Why not? It's true. My best hope is to not disgrace myself and..." He hesitates.

And what?" I say.

I don't know how to say it exactly. Only... I want to die as myself. Does that make any sense?" he asks. I shake my head. How could he die as anyone but himself? "I don't want them to change me in there. Turn me into some kind of monster that I'm not."

I bite my lip feeling inferior. While I've been ruminating on the availability of trees, Peeta has been struggling with how to maintain his identity. His purity of self. "Do you mean you won't kill anyone?" I ask.

No, when the time comes, I'm sure I'll kill just like everybody else. I can't go down without a fight. 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.

But you're not," I say. "None of us are. That's how the Games work."

Okay, but within that frame work, there's still you, there's still me," he insists. "Don't you see?"

A little, Only... no offense, but who cares, Peeta?" I say.

I do. I mean what else am I allowed to care about at this point?" he asks angrily. He's locked those blue eyes on mine now, demanding an answer.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I have kept track of the boy with the bread.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Stupid people are dangerous.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“But just the fact that he was sparkling leads me to doubt everything that happened.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Birds are settling down for the night, singing lullabies to their young.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“And while I was talking, the idea of actually losing Peeta hit me again and I realized how much I don't want him to die. And it's not about the sponsors. And it's not about what will happen when we get home. And it's not just that I don't want to be alone. It's him. I do not want to lose the boy with the bread.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Peeta opens his mouth for the first bite without hesitation. He swallows, then frowns slightly. "They're very sweet."
"Yes they're sugar berries. My mother makes jam from them. Haven't you've ever had them before?" I say, poking the next spoonful in his mouth.
"No," he says, almost puzzled. "But they taste familiar. Sugar berries?"
"Well, you can't get them in the market much, they only grow wild," I say. Another mouthful goes down. Just one more to go.
"They're sweet as syrup," he says, taking the last spoonful. "Syrup." His eyes widen as he realizes the truth. I clamp my hand over his mouth and nose hard, forcing him to swallow instead of spit. He tries to make himself vomit the stuff up, but it's too late, he's already losing consciousness. Even as he fades away, I can see in his eyes what I've done is unforgiveable.
I sit back on my heels and look at him with a mixture of sadness and satisfaction. A stray berry stains his chin and I wipe it away. "Who can't lie, Peeta?" I say, even though he can't hear me.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“It鈥檚 time for the drawing. Effie Trinket says as she always does, 鈥淟adies first!鈥� and crosses to the glass ball with the girls鈥� names. She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath and then you can hear a pin drop, and I鈥檓 feeling nauseous and so desperately hoping that it鈥檚 not me, that it鈥檚 not me, that it鈥檚 not me.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I'll never know what it was he wanted me to remember.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Well, I don't have much competition here."
"You don't have much competition anywhere.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. "Only not to us.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“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”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true, here is the place where I love you.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I've been down by the stream collecting berries. Would you care for some?"
I would, actually, but I don't want to relent too soon. I do walk over and look at them. I've never seen this type before. No, I have. But not in the arena. These aren't Rue's berries, although they resemble them. Nor do they match any I learned about in training. I lean down and scoop up a few, rolling them between my fingers.
My father's voice comes back to me. "Not these, Katniss. Never these. They're nightlock. You'll be dead before they reach your stomach."
Just then the cannon fires. I whip around, expecting Peeta to collapseto the ground, but he only raises his eyebrows. The hoovercraft appears a hundred metres or so away.What's left of Foxface's emaciated body is lifted into the air.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“It sends out a very clear message: "Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games