Katniss Quotes

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

I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do there is a part of every tribute they can't own. That Rue was more than a piece in their Games. And so am I.

I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this.

I'm obsessed with Greek mythology. My favorite goddess is Artemis. She's strong and reminds me of Katniss, the heroine of The Hunger Games.

Katniss. I remember about the bread.

Katniss....he's still trying to keep you alive.

But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me. "Katniss, there is no District Twelve."

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.

Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but I do care for some people.

Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.

You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.

What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes to rill in and die for their entertainment?

In Hollywood, I'm obese. I'm considered a fat actress. I eat like a caveman. I'll be the only actress that doesn't have anorexia rumors! I'm never going to starve myself for a part. I'm invincible. I don't want little girls to be like "Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner!"

You here to finish me off, Sweetheart?

You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.

Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.

Exactly how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there? Somehow it just won't seem sincere if I'm trying to slit his throat.

I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.

The more likable he is, the more deadly he is.” -Katniss Everdeen

I stare at the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not.

Katniss, got that spile?" Finnick asks, snapping me back to reality.

I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.

You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers. "Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.

Don't let him take you from me.