Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the idea that collective suffering impacts everyone involved.
Suzanne Collins' quote captures the essence of shared struggles and consequences, highlighting that when one group faces hardship, it can spread and affect others. This serves as a rallying call for unity and resilience in the face of adversity, suggesting that actions and experiences are interconnected, and that solidarity can be a powerful force in overcoming challenges.
In practice
In a motivational speech about teamwork during a company retreat.
But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?" "Yeah, I guess so,” I said, But it’s not true. A mockingbird is just a songbird. A mockingjay is a creature the capitol never intended to exist. They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live.
Okay, listen to me, you're stronger than they are. You are. They just want a good show, that's all they want. You know how to hunt. Show them how good you are.
You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers. "Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.
The ones I loved fly as birds in the open sky above me. Soaring, weaving, calling to me to join them. I want so badly to follow them, but the seawater saturates my wings, making it impossible to lift them. The ones I hated have taken to the water, horrible scaled things that tear my salty flesh with needle teeth. Biting again and again. Dragging me beneath the surface.
My time in the arena made me realize how I needed to stop punishing [my mother] for something she couldn't help, specifically the crushing depression she fell into after my father's death. Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.
Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there.
If a fear cannot be articulated, it can't be conquered.
War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.
You need talent as a rider and I think I had that in my genes. But I think I also had a talent for suffering, which I thought was important, but also determination.
And now a chill settled over them where they stood, and Harry heard the rasping breath of the dementors that patrolled the outer trees. They would not affect him now. The fact of his own survival burned inside him, a talisman against them, as though his father's stag kept guardian in his heart.
This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.
Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.
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