- 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: [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.
- 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.
- [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!
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- Peeta Mellark: You definitely smell better than I do.
- Caesar Flickerman: Well, I've lived here longer.
- Peeta Mellark: That makes sense.
- 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.
- Peeta Mellark: Together?
- Katniss Everdeen: Together.
- Peeta Mellark: Okay. One.
- Katniss Everdeen: Two.
- Peeta Mellark: Three.
- 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.
- 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: I volunteer! I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!
- Effie Trinket: [pause] Uh... I believe we have a volunteer.
- 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: How many times is your name in today?
- Gale Hawthorne: Forty-two. Guess the odds aren't exactly in my favor.
- 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.
- Primrose Everdeen: Wish I looked like you.
- Katniss Everdeen: Oh, no. I wish I looked like YOU, little duck.
- 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!
- 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.
- President Snow: [voice over] War, terrible war. Widows, orphans, a motherless child. This was the uprising that rocked our land. Thirteen districts rebelled against the country that fed them, loved them, protected them. Brother turned on brother until nothing remained. And then came the peace, hard fought, sorely won. A people rose up from the ashes and a new era was born. But freedom has a cost. When the traitors were defeated, we swore as a nation we would never know this treason again. And so it was decreed that, each year, the various districts of Panem would offer up, in tribute, one young man and woman to fight to the death in a pageant of honor, courage and sacrifice. The lone victor, bathed in riches, would serve as a reminder of our generosity and our forgiveness. This is how we remember our past. This is how we safeguard our future.
- 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.
- 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.
- [a note from Haymitch: "You call that a kiss?"]
- Fox Face: I think that if I can apply myself to the situation at present, I will be able to figure it out.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Katniss Everdeen: Wanna see what I got you today? It's a mockingjay pin, to protect you. And as long as you have it, nothing bad will happen to you, okay? I promise.
- Peeta Mellark: [to Katniss] You know what my mother said? She said "District 12 might finally have a winner," but she wasn't talking about me. She was talking about you.
- 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: 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.
- [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.
- 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!