I merely feel emptyness. A hollow of dead brush where flowers use to bloom.

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.

Knowledge cannot be maintained without character.

Whenever I look at the masses, I feel one day the earth will certainly explode.

What can you do when everyone around you is strong and clever?

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants.

So it is with scripture. The word of God is there, able to transform your life. But you must probe for it. You have to penetrate the surface with more than just a cursory glance.

I put my hand on the doorknob because I thought maybe her hand was on the doorknob on the other side.

Anything that prevents you from being friendly, a good neighbour, is a terror tactic.

The here-and-now mountain is a tiny piece of a piece of straw blown off into emptiness.

Father Jude Nnorom says he hopes the pope's travels in Africa will help end all the wars ravaging the continent.