“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”

“If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her—then don’t let her go.”

“I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.”

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”

“It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.”

“If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.”

“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?”

“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

“Finnick?” I say, “Maybe some pants?”
He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown leaving him in just his underwear. “Why? Do you find this” — he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose — “distracting?”
I laugh. Boggs looks embarrassed and Finnick looks more like the guy I met at the Quarter Quell”

“All grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it.”