I realized eventually that if I was really on top of what I was doing, I should be able to make photographs out of almost anything.

The photograph is always more interesting than what the photograph is of.

You can’t take credit for what you do when your back is against the wall.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

When something bad happens to me, I think I'm able to deal with it in a pretty good way. That makes me lucky. Some people fall apart at the first little thing that happens.

Since when has Finland been a rotten place to live in?

Don't misunderestimate me. . . .

The grand points in human nature are the same to-day they were a thousand years ago. The only variability in them is in expression, not in feature.

Everyone wanted answers I wasn't ready to give.

Being an electronic genius was a reputation I had, maybe being even into math and science almost exclusively and not wanting to be in the other normal parts of the world.

And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable.

Say stop, whenever you want to stop. Understand?" I nodded. "Do you want to stop now?" My head moved back and forth to the pillow. "Thank God.