You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.

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.

In the garden of humanity there are tigers and lion, deer and doves. Deer and doves live carefully but with beauty and joy.

I have found what I need most to heal a broken bond is time together—the very thing I avoid is the thing most desired.

Improvement is always on the schedule for tomorrow. Change is always taking place some time in the future. It’s human nature.

Reading is solitude.

No non-poetic account of reality can be complete.

There is no vaccine against stupidity.

Sometimes it's easier to understand things than it is to figure them out

There are alternatives to pregnancy if you want another child.

I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but in the end its lack of pretension gives it its own sort of beauty.

He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.