You’re not leaving me here alone,” I say. Because if he dies, I’ll never go home, not really. I’ll spend the rest of my life in this arena, trying to think my way out.

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.

We will understand that fear is not a special feature of human being, if we saw ourselves from the creator’s point of view

History belongs to the dead... Discovery belongs to the Living.(Professor Alistair Dawkins)

Franklin was a thin, pink person who was either a genius or, well, not one. Chances weren't.

You make your own rules and then break one, that's really horrible.

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.

Men of polite learning and a liberal education.

Your house sounds like a train at midday, the wasps buzz, the saucepans sing, the waterfall enumerates the deeds of the dew . . .

I think I have a lot to offer doing supporting roles as well.

When I didn't argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake.