Quotes from book

Catching Fire

“Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.”

“Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel.
"You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says.”

“The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion.”

“That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish.”

“I’m stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta.”

“Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness.”

“We had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss," says Plutarch. "While you live, the revolution lives.”

“I do plan on saying one or two things to him when we're allowed an hour for goodbyes. To let him know how essential he's been to me all these years. How better my life has been for knowing him.”

“So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol.”

“Because I can't handle the nightmares. Not without you.”

“And so I'm stupid for thinking they might be useful. Because of something Johanna Mason said while she was oiling her breasts for wrestling.”

“Either you came in here a swimmer or you'd better be a really fast learner”

“The sensation inside me grows warmer and spreads out from my chest down through my body out along my arms and legs to the tips of my being. Instead of satisfying me the kisses have the opposite effect of making my need greater.”

“I really can't think about kissing when I've got a rebellion to incite.”

“Something flickers across his bloodshot eyes. Pain.”

“My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.”

“hey. I just wanted to make sure you got home," I say. "Katniss, I live three houses away from you," he says.”

“So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends. - Peeta Mellark”

“but it's not safe and I can feel him slipping away, so I just get out one more sentence. "Stay with me."
As the tendrils of sleep syrup pull me down, I hear him whisper a word back but I don't catch it.”