CATCHING FIRE (2013) SENTENCE STARTERS
feel free to change pronouns / terms / tense as needed!
❛ You're okay. You're safe. It's okay. You're here with me. ❜
❛ It's only a few weeks. I'll be back before the snow melts. ❜
❛ A lot can happen in a few weeks. ❜
❛ I did what I had to do to survive. If I didn't, I'd be dead. ❜
❛ If you wanted to be babied, you should've asked [name]. ❜
❛ You are a strangely dislikeable person. But you do have your virtues. ❜
❛ Such bravery. Such spirit. Such…contempt. ❜
❛ My dear, I think we can make this so much simpler if we agree not to lie to each other. What do you think? ❜
❛ What is to prevent, say, an uprising? That can lead to revolution. And then, in a fraction of time, the whole system collapses. ❜
❛ You should imagine thousands upon thousands of your people dead. This town of yours reduced to ashes. Imagine it gone. ❜
❛ Tell me. At what point did he realize the depth of your indifference towards him? ❜
❛ I don't want to kill you. I want us to be friends. But if not friends, then allies. ❜
❛ That was nice acting. Almost thought that kiss was real. ❜
❛ All you need to do is give a few speeches, wave to the crowds, and enjoy your time in the spotlight. ❜
❛ I'm really not in the mood for a lecture. I'll apologize to [name] later. ❜
❛ You don't have to apologize to anybody. Including me. ❜
❛ If you can stop looking at me like I'm wounded, then I can quit acting like it. ❜
❛ I've never been very good at friends. ❜
❛ She was too young, too gentle. And I couldn't save her. I'm sorry. ❜
❛ Wait! No! Leave him alone! ❜
❛ I never meant for anyone to get killed. ❜
❛ I'm sorry. I didn't know what to do. He threatened to kill my family. ❜
❛ Well, I have family, too. Okay? People that I need to protect. ❜
❛ Come here. You're gonna be okay. I promise. ❜
❛ It was just a dream. I'm sorry. ❜
❛ Will you stay with me? ❜
❛ We could get married. ❜
❛ Eyes bright. Chins up. Smiles on. I'm talking to you, [name]. ❜
❛ Everybody who's anybody is here. And they all want to meet you. ❜
❛ It's appalling. Still, if you abandon your moral judgment, it can be fun. ❜
❛ Well, maybe it was you who inspired me to come back. ❜
❛ She's not who they think she is. She's not a leader. She just wants to save her own skin. It's as simple as that. ❜
❛ I agree she should die. But in the right way. At the right time. ❜
❛ It's moves and countermoves. ❜
❛ It won't work. Fear does not work as long as they have hope. ❜
❛ They're gonna hate her so much they might just kill her for you. ❜
❛ If we leave right now, we can be far away from here by tonight. ❜
❛ [name] threatened to have you killed. ❜
❛ You know how I feel about you. But I can't think about anyone that way right now. ❜
❛ The only thing that I can think about every day, every waking moment, is how afraid I am. There's no room for anything else. ❜
❛ You haven't hurt people. You've given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it. ❜
❛ We have to go before they kill us. They will kill us. ❜
❛ People are looking to you. ❜
❛ I don't want anyone looking to me. I can't help them. ❜
❛ Look, you're new here. Trust me, I'm trying to help you. ❜
❛ Thought you'd be gone by now. ❜
❛ I'm not going anywhere. I'm gonna stay right here. Cause all kinds of trouble. ❜
❛ How can we live like this? How can anybody live like this? ❜
❛ You understand that whatever I do comes back to you. I don't want you to get hurt. ❜
❛ You don't have to protect me. ❜
❛ If you cannot contain [name], then I will have to terminate her. ❜
❛ And you've come to, what? Ask me to... die? ❜
❛ What's it say that [name] was here 45 minutes ago begging to save your life and you only just now show up? ❜
❛ You could live 100 lifetimes and never deserve that boy. ❜
❛ There are survivors. There's no winners. ❜
❛ Do whatever you can. [name] lives. Not me. Promise me. ❜
❛ How could any of us even trust each other? ❜
❛ It's not about trust. It's about staying alive. ❜
❛ You look pretty terrifying in that getup. ❜
❛ I haven't dealt in anything as common as money in years. ❜
❛ I'm an open book. Everybody always seems to know my secrets before I know them myself. ❜
❛ So what do you think? Now that the whole world wants to sleep with you? ❜
❛ I guess we just try to figure out who we trust least and work our way backwards from there. ❜
❛ There's always a flaw in the system. ❜
❛ How are we gonna kill these people? ❜
❛ God! Does anybody actually believe this? ❜
❛ You know, I'm getting totally screwed over here. ❜
❛ Well, you know what? Fuck that! And fuck everybody that had anything to do with it! ❜
❛ Just be your usual self. Actually, be your happier self. ❜
❛ We're a team. Aren't we? ❜
❛ You both deserved so much better. ❜
❛ Remember who the real enemy is. ❜
❛ I don't want to be with anyone else in there. Just you. ❜
❛ Look at this. They're holding hands. I want them dead. ❜
❛ Good thing we're allies, right? ❜
❛ Well, I guess we're not holding hands any more. ❜
❛ I don't care about any of them. ❜
❛ Be careful. There's a force field up there. ❜
❛ Oh, my God. You were dead. Your heart stopped. ❜
❛ Someday I want to love someone that much. ❜
❛ We should set up camp. Take turns sleeping. I can take first watch. ❜
❛ That thing I did back there for [name]? That was called "saving his life." ❜
❛ If I wanted to kill either of you, I would've done it by now. ❜
❛ Don't worry about anything else. I'll be right here with you. It's okay. It's okay. ❜
❛ She sacrificed herself for me and I didn't even know her name. ❜
❛ They know they're outnumbered. I doubt they'll attack again. ❜
❛ They can't hurt me. There's no one left that I love. ❜
❛ I don't want to be the one that shoots first. ❜
❛ They're not gonna make that same mistake again. ❜
❛ You know and I know there's only one person walking out of here. ❜
❛ If you die and I live, I'd have nothing. Nobody else that I care about. ❜
❛ See, this is why no one lets you make the plans. ❜
❛ We couldn't tell you with [name] watching. It was too risky. Better for you to know nothing. ❜
❛ You have been our mission from the beginning. ❜
❛ This is the revolution. ❜
❛ You promised me that you would save him over me! ❜
❛ You promised me! You're a liar. ❜
❛ You're okay. You've just been asleep for a few days. ❜
