“Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you someone who has never achieved much.”

“You show me someone who can't understand people and I'll show you someone who has built up a false image of himself.”

“Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.”

“I am not much engaged by the problems of what you might call our day but I am burdened by the particular, the mad person who writes me a letter. It is no longer necessary for them even to write me. I know when someone is thinking of me. I learn to deal with this.”

“Despite serious reservations, I had to forgive Finnick for his role in the conspiracy that landed me here. He, at least has some idea of what I'm going through. And it takes too much energy to stay angry with someone who cries so much.”

“Any book without a mistake in it has had too much money spent on it.”

“At the heart of who you are is a love song that has always been resonating.”