He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to.

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.

Armise and I had met through the scope of our rifles and sometimes I wondered if that was also where we'd end.

The enemy's plan is to take away God's glory. God's plan is to have as much glory shown through your life.

Left untended, knowledge and skill, like all assets, depreciate in value surprisingly quickly.

Nothing trains you better to write fiction than being really good at writing about your own interiority.

It is going to be changed to straight P. Diddy. You could call me P. or Diddy, or P. Diddy. I just want something fresh, man.

My grandfather, a devout Christian, had the gift of healing.

Without Sufism, Islam would not have spread into two thirds of what we call the Islamic world.

Let us not attack those who disagree. Let us defend those who follow.

What is surprising is not that oppression should make its appearance only after higher forms of economy have been reached, but that it should always accompany them.

For pleasure has no relish unless we share it.