I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.

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.

There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.

Progress first requires a step to be taken.

My relationship with him was defined by these complex emotions, this mixture of gratitude and resentment.

Old people really do have a secret though. You wanna know what it is? Luck.

Forging fake smiles to hide painful truths doesn't take away the hurt, but sometimes safeguards our emotions from those adamant not to understand.

I am a man of principles, and my first principle is flexibility.

Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings.

Anybody who's had children knows this feeling of deep love. It's a selfless love, an unconditional love. And it makes you kind of examine everything that has happened.

So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles.

I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more.