The Hunger Games Quotes

Gale Hawthorne: Listen to me. You're stronger than they are. You are. Get to a bow.

Katniss Everdeen: They may not have one...

Gale Hawthorne: They will if you show 'em how good you are. They just want a good show. That's all they want. If they don't have a bow, then you make one, okay? You know how to hunt.

Katniss Everdeen: Animals.

Gale Hawthorne: It's no different, Katniss.

Katniss Everdeen: There's twenty-four of us, Gale, and only one comes out.

Gale Hawthorne: Yeah, and it's gonna be you.

Katniss Everdeen: So you're here to make me look pretty.

Cinna: I'm here to help you make an impression.

Gale Hawthorne: We could do it, you know. Take off, live in the woods. What we do anyway.

Katniss Everdeen: They'd catch us.

Gale Hawthorne: Well, maybe not.

Katniss Everdeen: Cut out our tongues or worse. We wouldn't make it five miles.

Effie Trinket: Here we are - our tributes from District 12!

Effie Trinket: [to Peeta and Katniss] Well, go on, you two. Shake hands.

Caesar Flickerman: And what did you say to her... in the end?

Katniss Everdeen: I told her that I would try to win. That I would try to win for her.

Caesar Flickerman: Of course you did. And try you will.

Katniss Everdeen: It's okay, Prim.

Primrose Everdeen: No! No!

Cinna: I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, I'd bet on you.

Katniss Everdeen: Thank you.

Caesar Flickerman: So, Peeta, tell me, is there a special girl back home?

Peeta Mellark: No. No, not really.

Caesar Flickerman: No? I don't believe it for a second. Look at that face. Handsome man like you. Peeta... tell me.

Peeta Mellark: Well, there, uh... there is this one girl that I've had a crush on forever.

Caesar Flickerman: Ah.

Peeta Mellark: But I don't think she actually recognized me until the Reaping.

Caesar Flickerman: Well, I'll tell you what, Peeta. You go out there, and you win this thing, and when you get home, she'll have to go out with you. Right, folks?

Peeta Mellark: Thanks, but I, uh, I don't think winning's gonna help me at all.

Caesar Flickerman: And why not?

Peeta Mellark: Because she came here with me.

Haymitch Abernathy: [to Katniss] Nice dress, too.

Haymitch Abernathy: [to Effie] Not yours.

[last lines]

Peeta Mellark: So what happens when we get back?

Katniss Everdeen: I don't know. I guess we try to forget.

Peeta Mellark: I don't wanna forget.

[Katniss suddenly stabs a knife into the table between Haymitch's thumb and forefinger]

Effie Trinket: [gasps] That is mahogany!

Seneca Crane: Everyone likes an underdog.

President Snow: I don't.

Cato: [holding Peeta in a rear-arm choke] Go on! Shoot, then we both go down and you win. Go on. I'm dead anyway. I always was, right? I didn't know that till now. How's that? Is that what they want? Huh?

Peeta Mellark: No...

Cato: I can still do this. I can still do this. One more kill. It's the only thing I know how to do - bring pride to my district. Not that it matters.

Katniss Everdeen: I volunteer! I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!

Effie Trinket: [pause] Uh... I believe we have a volunteer.

Peeta Mellark: You definitely smell better than I do.

Caesar Flickerman: Well, I've lived here longer.

Peeta Mellark: That makes sense.

Katniss Everdeen: What the hell was that? You don't talk to me and then you say you have a crush on me? You say you want to train alone? Is this how you want to play? Huh?

Haymitch Abernathy: Stop! Stop it!

Katniss Everdeen: Let's start right now!

Rue: Is all of that true?

Katniss Everdeen: What?

Rue: [coyly] You and him?

Katniss Everdeen: [laughs] So where are Cato and the others?

Peeta Mellark: I remember the first time I saw you. Your hair was in two braids instead of one. And I remember when you... you sang in the music assembly and the teacher said...

Katniss Everdeen: Shh.

Peeta Mellark: ..."Who knows The Valley Song?" and your hand shot straight up. After that, I... I watched you going home every day... Every day... Well, say something.

Katniss Everdeen: I'm not good at saying something.

Peeta Mellark: Then come here... Please.

Peeta Mellark: Now there's no way I'm letting you go.

Katniss Everdeen: Peeta...

Peeta Mellark: Please. Stay.

Peeta Mellark: Okay, uh, I'll take the bow.

[Katniss looks at him]

Peeta Mellark: I'm just kidding!

Katniss Everdeen: Peeta! Peeta! Oh!

Peeta Mellark: Are you okay?

Katniss Everdeen: I heard the cannon. I thought...

[noticing the berries he's picked]

Katniss Everdeen: That's nightlock, Peeta! You'll be dead in a minute!

Peeta Mellark: I-I didn't know.

Katniss Everdeen: You scared me to death. Damn you.

[hugs him]

Peeta Mellark: I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Peeta Mellark: Together?

Katniss Everdeen: Together.

Peeta Mellark: Okay. One.

Katniss Everdeen: Two.

Peeta Mellark: Three.

Katniss Everdeen: Oh my god! Peeta! Peeta!

Peeta Mellark: Hi.

Katniss Everdeen: Hey.

Cinna: Did they explain about trying to get sponsors?

Katniss Everdeen: Yeah, but I'm not very good at making friends.

Cinna: We'll see.

Haymitch Abernathy: Where's the ice?

Peeta Mellark: I don't... I don't know.

Peeta Mellark: I mean, she saved my life.

Katniss Everdeen: We saved each other.

Peeta Mellark: I think about that all the time. How I tossed you that bread.

Katniss Everdeen: Peeta...

Peeta Mellark: I should have gone to you. I should have just gone out in the rain and...

Katniss Everdeen: Shh.

Primrose Everdeen: Wish I looked like you.

Katniss Everdeen: Oh, no. I wish I looked like YOU, little duck.

Katniss Everdeen: We'll just get you some medicine.

Peeta Mellark: Katniss, I don't get many parachutes.

Katniss Everdeen: We'll figure something out.

Peeta Mellark: Like what?

Katniss Everdeen: Something.

Katniss Everdeen: Your medicine.

Peeta Mellark: You're not going alone!

Katniss Everdeen: Yeah. You need it and you can't walk.

Peeta Mellark: Katniss, you're not gonna risk your life for me. I'm not gonna let you.

Katniss Everdeen: You would do it for me! Wouldn't you?

Peeta Mellark: Why are you doing this?

Katniss Everdeen: Peeta, I got it! I got the medicine!

Peeta Mellark: What happened to you?

Katniss Everdeen: I'm fine.

Peeta Mellark: No, you're not. What happened?

Katniss Everdeen: The girl from 2, she threw a knife. I'm okay.

Peeta Mellark: You shouldn't have gone! You said you weren't gonna go!

Katniss Everdeen: You got worse.

Katniss Everdeen: We could go home. We could. We're the only team left.

Peeta Mellark: We could go home.

Katniss Everdeen: You too?

Peeta Mellark: Oh, hey.

Katniss Everdeen: Can't sleep?

Peeta Mellark: No, course not.

Katniss Everdeen: I'm sorry I went after you.

Peeta Mellark: You know, I meant that as a compliment.

Katniss Everdeen: I know.

Katniss Everdeen: Listen to them.

Peeta Mellark: Yeah. I just don't want them to change me.

Katniss Everdeen: How will they change you?

Peeta Mellark: I don't know. Turn me into something I'm not. I-I-I just don't want to be another piece in their game, you know?

Katniss Everdeen: You mean you won't kill anyone?

Peeta Mellark: No... I mean, you know, I'm sure I would just like anybody else when the time came, but I just keep wishing I could think of a way to show them that they don't own me. You know, if I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me. Does that make any sense?

Katniss Everdeen: Yeah. I just can't afford to think like that. I have my sister.

Peeta Mellark: Yeah, I know.

[looks at each other]

Peeta Mellark: [sighs] Guess I'll see you tomorrow.

Katniss Everdeen: See you tomorrow.

Katniss Everdeen: It's okay. You're okay. You're okay. You're okay.

Rue: Did you blow up the food?

Katniss Everdeen: Every bit of it.

Rue: Good... You have to win... Can you sing?

Katniss Everdeen: Okay.

Katniss Everdeen: So, why are you here, then?

Haymitch Abernathy: Oh. The refreshments.

Peeta Mellark: Okay, I think that's enough of that.

[tries to grab the drink and gets pushed down]

Haymitch Abernathy: You made me spill my drink on brand-new pants!

Haymitch Abernathy: [about Cato] He's a Career. You know what that is?

Katniss Everdeen: From District 1.

Haymitch Abernathy: And 2. They train in a special academy until they're eighteen, then they volunteer. By that point, they're pretty lethal.

Effie Trinket: But they don't receive any special treatment. In fact, they stay in the exact same apartment as you do, and I don't think they let them have dessert, and you can.

Peeta Mellark: They have to have their victor.

Katniss Everdeen: No. They don't. Why should they?

President Snow: What a lovely pin.

Katniss Everdeen: Thank you. It's from my district.

President Snow: Seneca... why do you think we have a winner?

Seneca Crane: [frowns] What do you mean?

President Snow: I mean, why do we have a winner? I mean, if we just wanted to intimidate the districts, why not round up twenty-four of them at random and execute them all at once? Be a lot faster.

[Seneca just stares, confused]

President Snow: Hope.

Seneca Crane: Hope?

President Snow: Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it's contained.

Seneca Crane: So...?

President Snow: So, CONTAIN it.

Katniss Everdeen: You need to get out of here. You need to get out of here.

Primrose Everdeen: No...

Katniss Everdeen: Go find mom!

Primrose Everdeen: No!

Katniss Everdeen: Prim, go find mom right now!

Primrose Everdeen: No!

Katniss Everdeen: I'm so sorry.

Primrose Everdeen: No!

Katniss Everdeen: Go find mom!

Primrose Everdeen: No!

Katniss Everdeen: Prim, leave before...

Primrose Everdeen: No!

[Gale grabs Prim and pulls her away]

Primrose Everdeen: NO! NO! NOOOO!

Effie Trinket: [angrily scolding Katniss] You realize that your actions reflect badly on all of us, not just you.

Cinna: They just want a good show. It's fine.

Effie Trinket: How about it's just bad manners, Cinna? How about THAT?

Katniss Everdeen: What's this?

Hob Vendor: That's a mockingjay.

Katniss Everdeen: How much?

Hob Vendor: You keep it. It's yours.

Katniss Everdeen: Thank you.

Katniss Everdeen: How many times is your name in today?

Gale Hawthorne: Forty-two. Guess the odds aren't exactly in my favor.

Effie Trinket: What's your name?

Katniss Everdeen: Katniss Everdeen.

Effie Trinket: Well, I bet my hat that was your sister, wasn't it?

Katniss Everdeen: Yes.

Primrose Everdeen: Just try to win. Maybe you can.

Katniss Everdeen: Of course. Maybe I can. I am smart, you know.

Primrose Everdeen: And you can hunt.

Katniss Everdeen: Exactly.

Katniss Everdeen: You can't tune out again.

Katniss' Mother: I won't...

Katniss Everdeen: No. You can't. Not like when Dad died. I won't be there anymore, and you're all she has. No matter what you FEEL, you have to BE there for her. Do you understand? Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't... Don't...

Katniss Everdeen: What's that? What's that?

Flavius: Oh, we're just saying we might need to hose you down again before we take you to Cinna.

Peeta Mellark: Have you ever met him? Haymitch? You know, Katniss, he is our mentor. He did win this thing once.

[Katniss ignores him]

Peeta Mellark: Look, if you don't want to talk, I understand, but I just don't think there's anything wrong with getting a little bit of help.

Peeta Mellark: What was that?

Katniss Everdeen: It's the finale.

Katniss Everdeen: [discovers Peeta painting his arm] Hi.

Peeta Mellark: Hey.

Katniss Everdeen: How did you do that?

Peeta Mellark: I, ah... I used to decorate the cakes down at the bakery.

Katniss Everdeen: Oh.

Peeta Mellark: I'll show you. See?

[He holds his painted arm against the bark of a tree; the match is perfect]

Katniss Everdeen: Wow.

Peeta Mellark: Yeah.

Gale Hawthorne: What if they did? Just one year. What if everyone just stopped watching?

Katniss Everdeen: But they won't, Gale.

Gale Hawthorne: What if they did? What if we did?

Katniss Everdeen: Won't happen.

Gale Hawthorne: You root for your favorite, you cry when they get killed. It's sick.

Katniss Everdeen: Gale.

Gale Hawthorne: No one watches and they don't have a game. It's as simple as that. What?

Katniss Everdeen: Nothing.

Gale Hawthorne: Fine. Laugh at me.

Katniss Everdeen: I'm not laughing at you!

[starts smiling]

Katniss Everdeen: What was it?

Peeta Mellark: A sword. It's bad, huh?

Katniss Everdeen: It's gonna be fine.

[Katniss tries to tend to his wound]

Peeta Mellark: Katniss.

[Katniss doesn't reply and just tends to his wound]

Peeta Mellark: Katniss...

Katniss Everdeen: No! I'm not gonna leave you. I'm not gonna do that.

Peeta Mellark: Why not?

Katniss Everdeen: [to Haymitch] Peeta's strong.

Peeta Mellark: What?

Katniss Everdeen: He can throw a hundred pound sack of flour right over his head. I've seen it.

Peeta Mellark: Okay, well, I'm not gonna kill anybody with a sack of flour.

Glimmer: [while their pack runs toward Katniss] She's mine!

Cato: Not if I get her first.

Glimmer: [cheering on Cato, who is going to kill Katniss] Go! You got this, Cato!

Clove: Kill her, Cato!

Marvel: Go! Go!

Caesar Flickerman: Glimmer, are you prepared?

Glimmer: Yes, Caesar, I am VERY prepared.

Caesar Flickerman: I like that assurance. That's self-assurance.

Katniss Everdeen: [after Prim's bad dream] It's okay. It's okay. You were just dreaming. You were dreaming.

Primrose Everdeen: It was me.

Katniss Everdeen: I know. I know, but it's not. It's your first year, Prim. Your name's only been in there once. They're not going to pick you.

Cinna: [when helping Katniss into her jacket, he reveals her mockingjay pin. Looks up at her and puts his index finger to his lips]

Katniss Everdeen: Thank you.

Haymitch Abernathy: They're not happy with you.

Katniss Everdeen: Why, 'cause I didn't die?

Cinna: Are you ready? Don't be afraid.

Katniss Everdeen: I'm not afraid.

[the Careers observe Peeta falling off a climbing net during group training]

Katniss Everdeen: Throw that metal thing over there.

Peeta Mellark: What? No. Haymitch said we're not supposed to show our skills...

Katniss Everdeen: I don't care what Haymitch said. Those guys are looking at you like you're a meal. Throw it.

Haymitch Abernathy: [referring to Katniss and Peeta] Now, I can sell the star-crossed lovers from District 12.

Katniss Everdeen: We are NOT star-crossed lovers.

Haymitch Abernathy: It's a television show, and being in love with that boy might just get you sponsors which could save your damn life.

Glimmer: [after seeing Cato fall from the tree while chasing Katniss] I'll do it myself.

[she shoots an arrow and misses]

Cato: Gimme that before I...

Marvel: Get her.

Marvel: Come on, come on, come on.

[he shoots an arrow and misses]

Katniss Everdeen: [calling down] Maybe you should throw the sword!

Haymitch Abernathy: Nice shooting, sweetheart. What-what-what did they... what did they do when you... shot the apple?

Katniss Everdeen: Well, they looked pretty startled.

President Snow: An eleven?

Seneca Crane: She earned it.

President Snow: She shot an arrow at your head.

Seneca Crane: Well, at an apple.

President Snow: Near your head.

[first lines]

Seneca Crane: I think it's our tradition. It comes out of a particularly painful part of our history...

Caesar Flickerman: Yes, yes.

Seneca Crane: ...but it's been the way we're able to heal.

[Katniss and Clove fight. Clove gets the upper hand, pinning Katniss to the ground. Clove holds a knife at Katniss's throat]

Clove: [smiles viciously] Where's Lover Boy?

[Katniss growls in rage]

Clove: Oh, I see. You were gonna help him, right? Well, that's sweet. You know, it's too bad that you couldn't help your little friend. That little girl, what was her name again? Rue?

Katniss Everdeen: [furiously] Yes!

Clove: Oh, we killed her, and now...

[Clove moves the knife near Katniss's right cheek]

Clove: ...we're gonna kill you.

[as Clove is about to strike, she is pulled away from Katniss by Thresh. He heard what Clove said about Rue, and is filled with rage. He slams Clove against the Cornucopia]

Thresh: You killed her?

Clove: [fearfully] No...

Thresh: I heard you!

Clove: [yells] CATO!

Thresh: You said her name!

Clove: [yells] CATO!

Thresh: You said her name!

[enraged at Rue's death, Thresh repeatedly bashes Clove's head against the Cornucopia, killing her. Katniss watches them in horror, unsure whether Thresh will attack her too. Thresh turns to Katniss and points at her]

Thresh: Just this time, Twelve. For Rue!

[Thresh runs away. Katniss grabs the bag with the number 12 and runs away]

Katniss Everdeen: He made me look weak.

Haymitch Abernathy: He made you look desirable, which, in your case, can't hurt, sweetheart.

Caesar Flickerman: I think someone's a little nervous. I said, that was quite an entrance you made at the Tribute's Parade the other day. You wanna tell us about it?

Katniss Everdeen: [hesitant] Well, I was just... hoping I wouldn't burn to death...

Caesar Flickerman: [as crowd laughter subsides] When you came out of that chariot, I have to say my heart stopped.

[to crowd]

Caesar Flickerman: Did any of you experience it as well?

[crowd enthusiastically agrees]

Caesar Flickerman: My heart stopped.

Katniss Everdeen: [self-consciously] So did mine.

Caesar Flickerman: [laughs along with crowd] Now tell me about the flames. Are they real?

Katniss Everdeen: [still self-conscious] Yes.

[gets encouragement from Cinna in the crowd]

Katniss Everdeen: In fact, I'm wearing them today. Would you like to see?

Caesar Flickerman: Wait, wait, wait! Is it safe?

Katniss Everdeen: [laughs] Yes.

Caesar Flickerman: What do you think, folks?

[crowd roars approval]

Caesar Flickerman: I think they mean yes!

[she stands up, spins around, twirls the fire dress, a vivid display of flame, she wears sheer white stockings and white open-toed high heels]

Caesar Flickerman: Whoa! Steady, steady! Let me thank you, that was really something! Katniss, that was something, that was something, thank you for that!