“Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a spark that, left unattended, may grow to an inferno that destroys Panem.”
President Snow, p. 23
Variant: Katniss Everdeen, you have caused a spark, wich left unattended, may cause a spark that could cause a whole rebelion
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire (2009)
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“It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.”
Speech at the Innauguration of the Aga Khan Baug, Versova, India (17 January 1983) http://ismaili.net/speech/s830117.html <!-- ***Source: Selection of Speeches: 1976-1984
Source: Africa Ismaili, XIV, 2 (July 1983), pp. 20-22
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Context: There are those... who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot. Unless these unfortunates can be touched with the spark which ignites the spirit of individual enterprise and determination, they will only sink back into renewed apathy, degradation and despair. It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.
“Pride, Envy, and Avarice are
the three sparks that have set these hearts on fire.”
Canto VI, lines 74–75 (tr. Sinclair).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Inferno
Anarchism and Other Essays (1910), Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure
“I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.”
Source: Pygmalion & My Fair Lady