Katniss Quotes

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

You here to finish me off, Sweetheart?

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'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.

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

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?

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

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

Because...because...she came here with me.

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

Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own death. How do you side step that?

I read The Hunger Games voraciously and was extremely annoyed when interrupted by such inconsequential things as 'Christmas dinner.' (God, Mom, did you not understand Katniss was being pursued by the mutts? You have several children, why does it always have to be about collecting the whole set all the time?)

Even though I don't ask, Plutarch gives me cheerful updates on the phone like "Good news, Katniss! I think we've almost got him convinced you're not a mutt!" Or "Today he was allowed to feed himself pudding!

Oh, that I do know...Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.

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

My spirit. This is a new thought. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I'm a fighter. In a sort of brave way. It's not as if I'm never friendly. 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.

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

Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.

No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta says.

Katniss, there is no District Twelve.

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.

What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button?

I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.

There are much worse games to play.

Suddenly I am furious, that with my life on the line, they don’t even have the decency to pay attention to me. That I’m being upstaged by a dead pig.

Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does.

My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.

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

So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck," says Peeta.

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

How do you bear it?” Finnick looks at me in disbelief. “I don’t, Katniss! Obviously, I don’t. I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there’s no relief in waking.” “The more you can distract yourself the better, ” he says. “First thing tomorrow, we’ll get you your own rope. Until then take mine.

Actually, Katniss isn’t complaining because she has no intention of staying with the “Star Squad,” but she recognizes the necessity of getting to the Capitol before carrying out any plan.

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

Don't you see, Katniss, this will decide things. One way or the other. By the end of the day, they'll ether be dead or with us. It's...it's more than we could hope for! Well, that's a sunny view of our situation.

Katniss: I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off. Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final defence of the dying. (252)

No matter what I do, I'm hurting someone." - Katniss Everdeen

Katniss Everdeen, you have caused a spark, wich left unattended, may cause a spark that could cause a whole rebelion

Haymich finally drops the good-natured act. "you know who else, Katniss. You know who stepped up first." Of course I do. Gale.

Maybe the other tributes are out there beating one another senseless. Which would be fine. - Katniss -