How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Hunger Games.
Quote #7
KATNISS: I'm not gonna leave you. I'm not gonna do that.
And here it is: when the chips are down and it's kill or be killed, Katniss stands up for Peeta. She risks herself to keep him alive, not just because he might help her later, but because he's her friend.
Quote #8
KATNISS: You fed me once.
PEETA: I think about that all the time. How I tossed you that bread.
KATNISS: Peeta...
PEETA: I should have gone to you. I should have just gone out in the rain and...
KATNISS: Shhh...
Aww Peeta. You literally saved her from starving and all you can do is think about how much more you could have done. That's a real friend, that is.
Quote #9
RUE: Is all of that true?
KATNISS: What?
RUE: You and him?
We love this moment in part because it's a pure moment of friendship: two girls, just being girls and talking about a boy crushing on one of them. It's even more amazing because it's happening in the middle of the Games. That in itself is an act of defiance against the Capitol. In fact, friendship in the Games is an act of defiance.