I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!

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.

We've grown accustomed to living smaller and more simply.

In order to compete with God for the dominion of the world, Satan, whom Christ called “the prince of this world, ” was forced to go into the “religion” business.

You never know when you might be seeing someone for the last time.

A spark of fiery hunger shot through her as he took over, completely dominating the kiss, his tongue invading her mouth. His hand slid back and cupped her head in that way she loved. Craved.

I like church. It's empty when I go. I walk around. There are so many beautiful Catholic churches in New York.

I told you the one change we would make in the initial start level of the football pressure, but that's really about it.

I think I realize why celebrities go crazy, do something stupid or have a nervous breakdown. Fortunately I have great people around me, but I see how that can happen.

Enron CEO Kenneth Lay has apparently just slipped across the border into Pakistan.

but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.