I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

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.

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.

My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me.

Consciousness is only possible through change

In zazen, leave your front door and your back door open. Let thoughts come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

Magic was not in glitter and sparks. Real magic didn't need to be.

You still get the sheer quality coming through but you're covered.

I would love to not date someone in the same industry as me. Otherwise it becomes what it means to everyone else.

O God... make me a child again, even before I die; give me back the simple faith, the clear vision of the child that holds its father's hand.

What I went into the acting business for was to have a certain amount of chaos in my life. I don't know what I'm doing next. It's exciting. That's the way I like it.

Art will always be art.

There are times when product is more important than people and sometimes the people are more important than the product.

My mom's gonna be the biggest star - mark my words right now!