Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.

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.

On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfaction.

I'd like to sit down with him and pick his brain, just a tiny bite somewhere in the frontal lobe to get a taste of his thoughts" -Warm Bodies

Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons.

I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano.

What do I care about danger? I've sent soldiers and airmen to death against the enemy - why should I be afraid?

I want lots of kids and I want a garden and I hope to stay married to my husband. I hope to be working in some way that fulfills me.

I wish coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be.

The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho.

It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.

Thou call'st me dog before thou hadst a cause, But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.