It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.

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.

In a democracy, there will be more complaints but less crisis, in a dictatorship more silence but much more suffering.

The only good understanding is to obey the God's commandment.

As you move through this life...you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you.

I never really looked up to celebrities when I was young.

One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.

You know, you're only as happy as your least happy child. So if your kids aren't okay, you're not good.

Music has got a community vibe to it that pulls people together, and those communities are different in different places.

I think that all of the scars and all of the layers that I've built over the years made me the person that I am today, and I'm pretty happy about that person.

My cause was justice, not vengeance. My work is for a better tomorrow and a more secure future for our children and grandchildren.

The party has to be much more. It has to connect in a real way with rank-and-file members and be their voice.