Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream.

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.

He loved me and I loved him, but the number in my head was telling me that he was going to die today. And the numbers had never been wrong.

In darkness, don’t cry, wait for the star to appear.

But if we are to remain a great empire, we must have a greater understanding of the hearts and minds of others.

And I suffered you and gave you all my pieces

We are comfortable with formulas, but the best happens when the formula doesn't work.

...I need a boyfriend. And to get a boyfriend, you have to look good. Doesn’t hurt to smell good too.

Those other 10 o'clock shows that come on, all you get from them is headaches and nightmares when you go to bed! At least we give you food, know what I mean?

If our country has to reach its economic goals, it cannot happen with half its population shut behind doors.

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by it.

If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's not what it's for.