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

“The audience must be sick to death of the star-crossed lovers from District 12. I know I am.”

“But in District 12, where the word tribute is pretty much synonymous with the word corpse, volunteers are all but extinct.”

“My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. There is no District 12. I am the Mockingjay. I brought down the Capitol. President Snow hates me. He killed my sister. Now I will kill him. And then the Hunger Games will be over....”

“If you die and i live there's no life for me back in District 12. You're my whole life. I would never be happy again.”

“You can swim, too." he says. "Where did you learn that in District Twelve?""We have a very big bathtub.”

“In District 12, looking old is something of an achievement since so many people die early. Yous see an elderly person you want to congratulate them on their longevity, ask the secret of survival.”