Quotes About Rebellion

Games to make fresh the memory of those killed by the districts' rebellion.

law of District Thirteen. As would her own. Thank you." In other words, I step out of line and we're all dead.

Do what? Blow my lips up like President Snow's? Tattoo my breasts? Dye my skin magenta and implant gems in it? Cut decorative patterns in my face? Give me curved talons? Or cat's whiskers?

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. A

The Head Peacekeeper comes back with more instructions for the population. It seems that this evening there was an unfortunate incident where a crowd beat to death a young man who resembled Peeta. Henceforth, all rebel sightings are to be reported immediately to authorities, who will deal with the identification and arrest of the suspect. They show a photo of the victim. Apart from some obviously bleached curls, he looks about as much like Peeta as I do. "People

Everyone says I did. Everyone says that's why Snow had you tortured. To break me." "That's not an answer," he tells me.

I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.

believe me when I say that if it released its grip on the districts for even a short time, the entire system would collapse.

say "nightlock,

Then I remember Peeta's words on the roof. "Only I keep wishing Icould think of a way to . . . to show the Capital they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games." And for the first time, I understand what he means

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

I have chosen Gale and the rebellion, and a future with Peeta is the Capitol's design, not mine.

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

That's great," I say. Prim a doctor. She couldn't even dream of it in 12. Something small and quiet, like a match being struck, lights up the gloom inside me. This is the sort of future a rebellion could bring.

One of my few pleasures in 13 is watching the handful of pampered Capitol "rebels" squirming as they try to fit in.

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

notice the lines that have formed between Peeta's eyebrows. He has guessed or he has been told. But the Capitol has not killed or even punished him.

If we burn... You burn with us!

Then I know Prim is right, that Snow cannot afford to waste Peeta's life, especially now, while the Mockingjay causes so much havoc. He's killed Cinna already. Destroyed my home. My family, Gale, and even Haymitch are out of his reach. Peeta's all he has left. "So, what do you think they'll do to him?" I ask. Prim sounds about a thousand years old when she speaks. "Whatever it takes to break you.

The tributes were necessary to the Games, too. Until they weren't," I say. "And then we were very disposable — right, Plutarch?

If you ever waver in your resolve, think of the Mockingjay, and in her you will find the strength you need to rid Panem of its oppressors.

Remember, we specifically asked you to leave your hair alone.

My father could have made good money selling them, but if the officials found out he would have been publicly executed for inciting a rebellion.

No. My mother and younger brother. My girl. They were all dead two weeks after I was crowned victor. Because of that stunt I pulled with the force field," he answers. "Snow had no one to use against me.