"People are often unreasonable, irrational and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you;
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight;
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten;
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.– Mother Teresa"
— Mother Teresa

"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)

""It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.""
— Charles Dickens

"If you truly love something let it go; if it comes back it was meant to be."
— Selena Gomez

""Work as if you'll live a hundred years. Pray as if you'll die tomorrow.""
— Benjamin Franklin

"The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart."
— Benjamin Franklin

""Nobody's winning if everybody's losing.""
— Theory of a Deadman (Theory of a Deadman: Scars & Souvenirs)

" "One ring to show our love, One ring to bind us, One ring to seal our love and forever to entwine us""
— Evangaline (a computer persona)

"thus with a kiss I die"
— William Shakespeare

"It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away"
— Barry Gibb

"The fact is, I love him. He's the boy I want and one day he'll be MINE."
— Meg Cabot (Princess in Training)

"Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do it anyway."
— Meg Cabot (All-American Girl)

"Unrequited love is all right in books and things, but in real life, it completely sucks"
— Meg Cabot (Haunted)

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that
something else is more important than fear."
— Meg Cabot

"Needless to say, the fact that he actually spoke to me at all practically caused me to pass out. And then the fact that he was actually saying something that sounded like it might be a prelude to asking me out - well, I nearly threw up. I mean it. I felt really sick, but in a good way."
— Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries)

"Chaz looks me dead in the eye and says, 'Why yes, Lizzie. I’m manically depressed because the girl I’ve finally realized I’ve always been in love with, and who I was beginning to think just might love me back, turned around and got herself engaged to my best friend, who, frankly, doesn’t deserve her. Does that answer your question?'"
— Meg Cabot

"Well," I said. "I could strip off my clothes and reveal to you that under my jeans and sweatshirt I'm actually wearing a tank top and short-shorts, much like Lara Croft from Tomb Raider... only mine are flame-retardant and covered in glow-in-the-dark dinosaur stickers."
No one stirred. Not even Christopher, who actually has a thing for Lara Croft.
"I know what you're thinking," I went on. "Glow-in-the-dark dinosaur stickers are SO last year. But I think they add a certain je ne sais quoi to the whole ensemble. It's true, short-shorts are uncomfortable under jeans and hard to get off in the ladies' room, but they make the twin thigh-holsters in which I hold my high-caliber pistols so easy to get to...."
The oven timer dinged.
"Thank you, Em," Mr. Greer said, yawning. "That was very persuasive."
— Meg Cabot (Airhead)

"In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.""
— Gabrielle Zevin (Elsewhere)

"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)

"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)

"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

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

""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)

"In that one slight motion, I see the end of hope, beginning of destruction of everything I hold dear in the world. I cant guess what form my punishment will take, how wide the net will be cast, but when it is finished there most likely be nothing left.So you would think that at this moment, I would be in utter despair."
— Suzanne Collins (Catching Fire)

""Caesar, do you think all our friends here can keep a secret?"
An uncomfortable laugh emanates from the audience. What can he mean? Keep a secret from who? Our whole world is watching.
"I feel quite certain of it," says Caesar.
"We're already married," says Peeta quietly. The crowd reacts in astonishment, and I have to bury my face in the folds of my skirt so they can't see my confusion. Where on earth is he going with this?
"But . . . how can that be?" asks Caesar.
"Oh, it's not an official marriage. We didn't go to the Justice Building or anything. But we haveethis marriage ritual in District Twelve. I don't know what it's like in other districts. But there's this thing we do," says Peeta, and he briefly describes the toasting.
. . .
"So this was before the Quell?" says Caesar.
"Of course before the Quell. I'm sure we'd never have done it after we knew," says Peeta, starting to get upset. "But who could'veseen it coming?"
. . .
"But I have to confess, I'm glad you two had at least a few months of happiness together."
"I'm not glad," says Peeta. "I wish we had waited until the whole thing was done officially."
This takes even Caesar aback. "Surely even a brief time is better than no time?"
"Maybe I'd think that, too, Caesar," says Peeta bitterly, "If it weren't for the baby.""
— Suzanne Collins

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough"
— Mae West

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