Katniss Everdeen

Character in Catching Fire From: Catching Fire

Protagonist and narrator; reluctant symbol of rebellion

293 quotes

"Fire is catching. If we burn, you burn with us."
"I don't have the energy to hate right now."
"President Snow thinks he has a plan to destroy me. But I am stronger."
"I should have known better than to trust anyone from the Capitol."
"This isn't the first time I've been hunted, and it won't be the last."
"We are brave. We can do this."
Courage
"Peeta and I must be mad to think we can outrun the Capitol."
Hope
"My mother could never understand why I hunt when I don't have to."
Nature
"I will survive this. And I will burn the whole system down."
"Everything must be a lie in the Capitol."
Truth
"We didn't ask for this war, but we won't run from it."
Courage
"I have to be the girl on fire or I have to be dead."
"They want us to feel powerless, but we aren't."
"Haymitch was broken by the Games. I won't let that happen to Peeta."
"I hate her. I hate her. I hate her."
"Maybe I am sick. Maybe I've always been sick, since I was born. Maybe it's in my blood."
Fear
"I don't want your hope. I want my life back."
Freedom
"We're in a cage, and we can't get out."
"I have to be more careful. For Prim. For Gale. For everyone."
"Fear is something I can control more easily than hope."
Fear
"The Capitol wants me to be broken. I won't break."
Perseverance
"My life isn't mine anymore. It belongs to the rebellion now."
"I have to be strong for the people who believe in me."
Leadership
"I've learned that survival isn't enough. You have to live with what you've done."
Wisdom
"The Hunger Games will prove that I'm not a symbol. I'm a girl. A girl who can die."
"I don't know how to stop being what I've become."
"I'm trapped between my heart and my duty."
"Survival means pretending to be what they want you to be."
"Every choice I make will affect someone I love."
"I am not a girl who can fall apart now."
Strength