Catching Fire Quotes

But I read Catching Fire. I loved disappearing into a story.

You come in as this satellite part of the film [Catching Fire], so I only see Stanley [Tucci] in my scenes. These kinds of movies have so many different components; it's about as different from doing The Girl as you could imagine.

After I read 'The Hunger Games,' I went out and got 'Catching Fire' the next day.

Sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

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

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.

So I only say, "So what should we do with our last few days?" "I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you," Peeta replies.

You see all these old buildings [in Rio] going down or catching fire overnight, and it is so sad. I am very connected with these buildings because they are our history. It is the only one that we have.

Chase after the truth like all hell.

It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.

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

‎I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay right here and cause all kinds of trouble.

Aim higher in case you fall short.

Catch fire today! Make today the day you stop complaining and do something!

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

You're hideous, you know that, right?

Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Especially if the target is unprepared.

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

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

We star-crossed lovers of District 12, who suffered so much and enjoyed so little the rewards of our victory, do not seek our fans' favor, grace them with our smiles, or catch their kisses. We are unforgiving. And I love it. Getting to be myself at last.

And to us, we're more married than any piece of paper or big party could make us.

You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.

Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. I can't help enjoying his distress. "Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say. "It must be. The sensation's completely new. How have you managed it all these years?" he asks. "Just avoid mirrors. You'll forget about it," I say. "Not if I keep looking at you," he says.

Want a sugar cube? [...] They're supposed to be for the horses, but who cares? They've got years to eat sugar, whereas you and I . . . well, if we see something sweet we better grab it quick. [...] You're absolutely terrifying me in that get-up. What happened to the pretty little-girl dresses?

He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. And he chose solitude. Not solitude – that sounds too peaceful. More like solitary confinement.

I do think you're mad and I'll still go with you.

Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable.

Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a spark that, left unattended, may grow to an inferno that destroys Panem," he says.

No wonder I won the Games. NO decent person ever does.

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

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

Tick tock, this is a clock.

You've got to go through it to get to the end of it.

But I feel as if I did know Rue, and she'll always be with me. Everything beautiful brings her to mind. I see her in the yellow flowers that grow in the Meadow by my house. I see her in the Mockingjays that sing in the trees. But most of all, I see her in my sister, Prim.

I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

Our lives are not just measured in years.  They are measured in the lives we touch around us.

This is no place for a girl on fire.

So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.

I don't like self-righteous people," I say. "What's to like?" says Haymitch, who begins sucking the dregs out of the empty bottles.

Ships are blowing up at sea, or catching fire, factories are blowing up. Are these accidents? Are these industrial sabotage? No one really suspected a spy network.

Fire truck with back end on fire drives really fast in circles.

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.

I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.

Later our dreams begin catching fire around the edges, they burn like paper, we wake with our hands full of ash.

When you're in the arena...you just remember who the enemy is" - Haymitch

He tilts his forehead down to rest against mine and pulls me closer. His skin, his whole being radiates heat from being so near the fire, and I close my eyes, soaking in his warmth. I breathe in the smell of snow-dampened leather and smoke and apples, the smell of all those wintry days we shared before the Games. I don't try to move away. Why should I anyway? His voice drops to a whisper. "I love you." That's why.

I don't know what I expected from my first meeting with Peeta after the announcement. A few hugs and kisses. A little comfort maybe. Not this. I turn to Haymitch. "Don't worry, I'll get you more liquor.

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

Catch Fire, Do Something, Get Excited by Finding Your Purpose In Life.