“Always believe.”

“Mr. Passaro, let me teach you about how medicine works. He starts out.One of two things is going to happen. Either the Doctors are going to say I told you so, or they are going to say that Jess was...”

“I need to dream.I need to believe. I need to know that I have some control in my life.That if I work hard, that I will be rewarded.That life is not arbitrary.I need to believe that bad things happe...”

“There is a club in this world that you do not join knowingly.One day you are just a member.It is The life changing events club.The fee to join the club is hurt beyond belief, payable in full, up fr...”

“I love my mother.My mother loves my dad.Those two facts are undeniable.I want my father to live.I want him to fight to live as long as he can.My mother wants to let him pass.She does not want him s...”

“Whose team are you on? I ask him. I dont follow you what do you mean whose team am I on? he asks. I mean, you want your son back and there are forces in this world that want to take him from you...”

“Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.”

“I know the answer to improving Jess's condition doesn't lay in tears the answer is in sweat.”

“...I gave you painted air - tears I couldn't weep - truths I couldn't speak - all the words that caught in my throat...”

“He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.”

“Prim, let go," I say harshly, because this is upsetting me and I don't want to cry. When they televise the replay of the reapings tonight, everyone will make note of my tears, and I'll be marked as...”