For me, it's better to wake up with a paintbrush than a knife in my hand. -Peeta

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.

Forever present, always knowing that you are the only one for me.

Nobody as the right to give up on a whole generation before it's even had a right to prove itself.

And what sort of choice is fall in love with me, or you’re a pig?”“Justice.” Lizzie twirled a lock of hair around her little finger.

Knowing what to expect from a teacher is a really good thing, of course: It lets you get the right answers more quickly than you would otherwise.

If you can't distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn't undertake philanthropic work.

Anatomize the character of a successful hostess and the knife will lay bare the fact that she owes her position to one of three things: either she is liked, or she is feared, or she is important.

There are numerous layers to truth, and the simple and superficial statement of facts cannot satisfy the writer.

Nothing puts things in perspective as quickly as a mountain.

Wise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course.

It's a combination of yes - making a movie about the characters - and then, also, budget.