Stupid people are dangerous.

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.

What? No defense? Any student of mine must be able to defend his ideas against an attack. No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp!

Of all challenges, convincing dumb ones is the most difficult. Manipulation works better in such cases if your heart allows.

Every group spends more when its income grows.

If your tendency is to make sense out of chaos, start chaos.

Sometimes [the expression] old age has a kind of harrowing beauty. But elderly - ugh!

The only reason he can miss you is because he’s choosing, every day, not to be with you.

Math - it's not my best subject.

Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.

My first priority is my children. If at any moment I put aside something that I want to do to be a better parent than that is more than okay for me.

I already knew about this friendship between St. John Paul II and this philosopher [Ana Teresa Tymieniecka] when I was in Buenos Aires. It was known. Also her books are known.