The past is a cupboard full of light and all you have to do is find the key that opens the door.

The past is what you take with you.

In the end, it is my belief, words are the only things that can construct a world that makes sense.

Get down, ' Bunty says grimly. 'Mummy's thinking.' (Although what Mummy's actually doing is wondering what it would be like if her entire family was wiped out and she could start again.)

Don't make it new

The study of man is the study of his extensions.

I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.

The Bible is full of ordinary people who went to impossible places and did wondrous things simply because they decided to obey God.

My father was a watchmaker and an inventor. I saw him working in the house every day. The work ethic, I got from him. He worked hard and he never complained about it.

Theres something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.

Mirth is God's medicine.

Everywhere you look you see people searching for love but they're looking in the wrong places. God is love, and they will never find what they're looking for until they find Him.

I know that when I am up for it I will, and when I’m not in the mood to, I don’t make myself feel badly over it.

Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy.