A verbal promise behind closed doors, even a statement written on paper-these could easily evaporate . . . .

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.

It's like you have a plan and someone comes along and makes you want to change it all, but you still like your first plan, no matter how fantastic the second one makes you feel.

In love, a divine self manifest.

Looking at her is like looking up at a sky full of stars. You don’t know what you’ll see today, but you know it’ll still be breathtaking.

Trane was the father. Pharoah was the son. I was the holy ghost.

If it's not in your heart you're not gonna make it. At the end, looking back, you know its worth it.

I don't mind cleaning up the mess that some other folks made, that's what I signed up to do

That old bald cheater, Time.

You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high.

What I try to do with any of my stories, any of my novels, is make them feel very original.

Oh, could we lift the future's sable shroud.