“But before he went loopy he was the life and soul of the party," said Fred. "He used to down an entire bottle of firewhiskey, then run onto the dance floor, hoist up...

“It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.”

“I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”

I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.”

“Do or do not; there is no try.”

“Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly. "I'm glad you're not a guinea...

For me, it’s not about winning an award. It’s also about not even being nominated.”

“Be yourself, don't take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive.”

To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.”

“Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.”

“You know me better than anyone, and you're my best friend. I don't think there's anything you could say to me that would lead me to believe that you're doing it just to hurt me....

“I often warn people: "Somewhere along the way, someone is going to tell you, 'There is no "I" in team.' What you should tell them is, 'Maybe not. But...

“Because you can never go from going out to being friends, just like that. It's a lie. It's just something that people say they'll do to take the permanence out of a breakup. And...

“I'd found heaven and grabbed it as tightly as I could, but it was unraveling, an insubstantial thread sliding between my fingers, too fine to hold.”

“She was a stranger now, but she'd been a friend once, and that was enough for him.”

“No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta says.”

I like to vote, but not be voted on. I don’t mind losing one on one, but to lose through a vote means the majority think I’m a loser.”

“My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see.”

Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.”

“It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.”