Sky was the first god. Robert knew that there was only one God and he had a Son who was also God, but there were gods who had vanished: the gods of thunder, of fire, of the wide oceans of the earth.

There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that.

Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind.

She had learned, in the slums of her childhood, that honest people were never touchy about the matter of being trusted.

You want a bit of life before it's all over. It takes all the guilt away.

For me, my dream came true. But for society it showed me that people want to move on, to look to the future. We said something, we made a statement.

Ironic people always dissolve when confronted with earnestness, it's their kryptonite

He [Vishous] was all need, no ease.

What I want is to be willing to fail rather than stagnate.

One of the fans had a poster that said, 'I'm a Peeta-file. That was probably the best one.

I liked girls with pale skin because I am a California boy, tanned and blonde hair.