Got it," I say. "Did you tell Peeta this?" "Don't have to," says Haymitch. "He's already there.

What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.

District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.

The star-crossed lovers

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

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

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

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

It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.

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

To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

Guys like Henry and his buddies were an accident waiting to happen

... you cannot shake hands with the Devil and not get sulphur on your sleeve.

Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.

Love for all means coldness to something or someone. Even Jesus, let us recall, was unnecessarily rude to his mother at Cana.

I don't necessarily believe in the ideology of cinema verité. I think by the very fact that you have a camera there you are affecting the story and you are influencing it.

I'm much more introspective than I was, say, thirty years ago.

Murderers have usually killed the one person in the world that was bugging them and they're usually quite peaceful and agreeable.

Everyone thinks politics will just go on the way it is. I don't agree.

Use romantic relationships to grow, not to lose yourself. Keep your priorities in order.