"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
— Dr. Seuss

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
— Albert Camus

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
— Dr. Seuss

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
— Oscar Wilde

"Without music, life would be a mistake."
— Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."
— Madeleine L'Engle

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells."
— Dr. Seuss

"Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere."
— Albert Einstein

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be some kind of library."
— Jorge Luis Borges

"It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
— Mark Twain

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..."
— Dr. Seuss

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
— Maya Angelou

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
— Oscar Wilde

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

"A world of "if"s, but it would make no difference. If I could go back in time... but I couldn't. The past was behind me. The best thing now would be to stop looking over my shoulder. It was time to forget the past and look to the present and future."
— Darren Shan (A Living Nightmare)

"cirque du freak is the best vampire series ever"
— Darren Shan

"Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness. "
— Darren Shan (Sons of Destiny)

""Ever hear of the phrase, Banging you're head on a brick wall?"
"Ah, but you forget, Darren, vampires can break brick walls with their heads.""
— Darren Shan (Hunters of the Dusk)

"Pentetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits, nevertheless, calmly licking its chops."
— H.L. Mencken

"Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. He has stopped hissing at me.

Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
Forget your woes and let your troubles lay
And when it's morning again, they'll wash away
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"I’m coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home.
Peeta hesitates, then gives an unconvincing shake of his head.
“Handsome lad like you. There must be some special girl. Come on, what’s her name?” says Caesar.
Peeta sighs. “Well, there is this one girl. I’ve had a crush on her ever since I can remember. But I’m pretty sure she didn’t know I was alive until the reaping.”
Sounds of sympathy from the crowd. Unrequited love they can relate to.
“She have another fellow?” asks Caesar.
“I don’t know, but a lot of boys like her,” says Peeta.
“So, here’s what you do. You win, you go home. She can’t turn you down then, eh?” says Caesar encouraging-ly.
“I don’t think it’s going to work out. Winning . . . won’t help in my case,” says Peeta.
“Why ever not?” says Caesar, mystified.
Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. “Because . . . because . . . she came here with me.”
"
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"I don't want to lose the boy with the bread."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?' I turn into him. 'Put you somewhere you can't get hurt.' "
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.
"
— Suzanne Collins (Catching Fire)

"And than he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor."
— Suzanne Collins

"You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug."
— Suzanne Collins

""One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me.
I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.""
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

""Well, I knew that goat would be a little gold mine," I say.
"Yes, of course I was referring to that, not the lasting joy you gave your sister you love so much you took her place in the reaping," says Peeta drily."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"Destroying things is much easier than making them.

—Katniss Everdeen"
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable."
— Suzanne Collins (Catching Fire)

""If Peeta and I were both to die, or they thought we were....My fingers fumble with the pouch on my belt, freeing it. Peeta sees it and his hand clamps on my wrist. "No, I won't let you." "Trust me," I whisper. He holds my gaze for a long moment then lets go. I loosen the top of the pouch and pour a few spoonfuls of berries into his palm. Then I fill my own. "On the count of three?" Peeta leans down and kisses me once, very gently. "The count of three," he says. We stand, our backs pressed together, our empty hands locked tight. "Hold them out. I want everyone to see," he says. I spread out my fingers, and the dark berries glisten in the sun. I give Peeta's hand one last squeeze as a signal, as a good-bye, and we begin counting. "One." Maybe I'm wrong. "Two." Maybe they don't care if we both die. "Three!" It's too late to change my mind. I lift my hand to my mouth taking one last look at the world. The berries have just passed my lips when the trumpets begin to blare. The frantic voice of Claudius Templesmith shouts above them. "Stop! Stop! Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present the victors of the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark! I give you - the tributes of District 12!""
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"'We could do it, you know'
'What?'
'Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it.' "
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

" "I'm so sorry," I whisper. I lean forward and kiss him.
His eyelashes flutter and he looks at me through a haze of opiates. "Hey, Catnip."
"Hey, Gale," I say.
"Thought you'd be gone by now," He says.
My choices are simple. I can die like a quarry in the woods or I can die here beside Gale. "I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay right here and cause all kinds of trouble."
"Me, too," Gale says. He just manages a smile before the drugs pull him back under."
— Suzanne Collins (Catching Fire)

"I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever."
— Suzanne Collins (Catching Fire)

"But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise. "
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. I can't help enjoying his distress.
"Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say.
"It must be. The sensation's completely new. How have you managed it all these years?" he asks.
"Just avoid mirrors. You'll forget about it," I say.
"Not if I keep looking at you," he says."
— Suzanne Collins (Catching Fire)