Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world, replies, of all things, “Music.

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.

You are very harsh.''I have seen the world.

Who told you that your journey was a thousand miles

The world judges the Christian by his life, not by his belief.

Denzel Washington's career is an enormous luxury. Compare him to Wesley Snipes.

Perhaps it's true that I'm very hard on myself, but that's better than exhibiting mediocre work... too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.

Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe style mandolin than the Father of Bluegrass himself.

Just because I don't wear my heart on my sleeve - " "You don't even wear your heart in your chest.

Living and dreaming are two different things - but you can't do one without the other.

You’re a human, you should understand self-obsession.

Forget the boring old dictum, 'Write about what you know.' Instead, seek out an unknown yet knowable area of experience that's going to enhance your understanding of the world and write about that.