Quotes About Strength

There was nothing left that anyone could do to him now. There was nothing left to fear.

Més val no rendir-se. Costa deu vegades més recollir les miques d'un mateix que esmicolar-se.

You're not afraid of fire, are you, Katniss?

Pour survivre, je n'ai pas besoin de la flamme de Gale, nourrie de sa rage et de sa haine. J'en ai déjà bien assez en moi. Ce qu'il me faut, c'est le pissenlit au printemps. Le jaune vif qui évoque la renaissance plutôt que la destruction. La promesse que la vie continue, en dépit de nos pertes. Qu'elle peut même être douce à nouveau. Peeta est le seul à pouvoir m'offrir ça.

he is so steady, solid as a rock.

Vi drar båda av oss våra kängor och strumpor och även om det blir lite bättre kan jag svära på att han anstränger sig för att knäcka varje kvist vi stöter på (s. 257).

they take pride in it. Like Cinna.

You have to promise me that you'll fight through it.

Al fin y al cabo, ambos eran niños cuyas vidas dependían de poderes superiores a ellos.

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

boy with the bread.

I'll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away. That's when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I've seen someone do. It's like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years. But there are much worse games to play.

Because you have a weakness for beautiful thing and I don't" I say with an air of superiority "They would lure you into their Capitol ways and you'd be lost entirely." "Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness,

swing my legs off the bed and slide into my hunting boots. Supple leather that has molded to my feet. I pull on trousers, a shirt, tuck my long dark braid up into a cap, and

Better not to give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself

but I like katniss better. Has a nice ring to it.

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.

Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack.

Is that what happened to you?

If he's going to help you, he has to know what you're capable of. Don't underrate yourself,

Katniss blew it out, Peeta,

Finnick!" And suddenly, it's as if there's no one in the world but these two, crashing through space to reach each other. They collide, enfold, lose their balance, and slam against a wall, where they stay. Clinging into one being. Indivisible.

I wrap my arms around his neck, feel his arms hesitate before they embrace me. Not as steady as they once were, but still warm and strong. A thousand moments surge through me. All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone forever. "All right, then." I release him. "It's time," says Tigris.

I am the mockingjay.