If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.

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.

All my past heartache and pain suddenly made sense. That was who I would not be to the person who deserves the best of me.

A loving heart is always young.

How you correct your mistakes will define your character and commitment to a higher power.

Circumstances create some temporary conditions in one's life, but one's repeated interpretations of them always finalize whether they remain temporary or become permanent in one's life.

Just because we are not Italian, does not mean we cannot appreciate Michelangelo, it is the same with cuisine.

Good comedy helps people know they're not alone. Great comedy provides an answer.

There's only, I think, in life, three things that I do pretty well: Performing, I still can field ground balls, and I make nice kids.

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.

Will is guided by wisdom. Wisdom comes from introspection, looking inside yourself, probing, studying the wisdom of the teachers, the masters and bringing that into your mind.

Affliction comes to us all ...not to impoverish, but to enrich us, as the plough enriches the field; to multiply our joy, as the seed, by planting, is multiplied a thousand-fold.