The rat was merely trying to sleep. Believe me, pup, if I had wanted to kill you we wouldn’t be having this conversation,” said Ripred.

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.

To be around family is to feel the possibility of growing roots again.

There's no difference between a madman and a professor...it should be clear to you in the way they dress, act and think.

I loved the story but also enjoyed the format of the book, which includes e-mail messages. Janice L. Jones

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.

When I was younger, I just thought about playing in the NBA.

I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.

A secret is a kind of promise.... It can also be a prison.

Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.

By giving the love act a name, if only an innocent little word like, "it," he paved the way for other words, words that would reflect physical love as in a set of mirrors.

Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.