--- title: "3 Bye Quotes By Suzanne Collins" description: "3 Bye quotes by Suzanne Collins. Plus more from Suzanne Collins and more Bye sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_then-something-unexpected-happens-at-lea_172130.jpg" --- > [Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/then-something-unexpected-happens-at-least-i-don-t-expect-it-because/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_then-something-unexpected-happens-at-lea_172130.jpg) > [It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/it-means-thanks-it-means-admiration-it-means-good-bye-to-someone-you/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_it-means-thanks-it-means-admiration-it-m_182781.jpg) > [Let them go, I tell myself. Say good-bye and forget them. I do my best, thinking of them one by one, releasing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/let-them-go-i-tell-myself-say-good-bye-and-forget-them-i-do-my-best/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/suzanne-collins-60_bird_let-them-go-i-tell-myself-say-good-bye-a_2547311.jpg) ## Other authors on Bye ## More by Suzanne Collins > [It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly realized through the artistry of the designers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/it-s-amazing-to-see-things-that-are-suggested-in-the-book-fully/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [KEEP CALM and HAVE A SUGAR CUBE](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/keep-calm-and-have-a-sugar-cube/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [A furious Peeta hammers Haymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch watching me. This is the moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/a-furious-peeta-hammers-haymitch-with-the-atrocity-he-could-become/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [“The same goes for the other captured tributes, Johanna and Enobaria.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/the-same-goes-for-the-other-captured-tributes-johanna-and-enobaria/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [I don't know how to say it exactly. Only...I want to die as myself. Does that make any sense?' he asks. I shake my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-don-t-know-how-to-say-it-exactly-only-i-want-to-die-as-myself-does/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/he-never-lets-go-of-annie-s-hand-not-when-they-walk-not-when-they-eat/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [“I want to interrupt the taping and beg Finnick’s forgiveness for every false thought I’ve ever had about him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-want-to-interrupt-the-taping-and-beg-finnick-s-forgiveness-for/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [I pound on the glass, screaming my head off. Everyone ignores me except for some Capitol attendant who appears behind me and offers me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-pound-on-the-glass-screaming-my-head-off-everyone-ignores-me-except/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/because-it-doesn-t-matter-anymore-and-because-i-m-so-desperately/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [Then I dive into my tent before I do something stupid like cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/then-i-dive-into-my-tent-before-i-do-something-stupid-like-cry/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [“¡Es que no quiero que me conozcan! ¡Ya me están quitando el futuro! ¡No pueden llevarse también lo que me importaba en el pasado!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/es-que-no-quiero-que-me-conozcan-ya-me-est-n-quitando-el-futuro-no/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [“I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-act-delighted-but-i-have-zero-interest-in-these-capitol-people-they/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [Mostly we just add to the piles of rainbow glass that's been blown off the exteriors of the cany-colored buildings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/mostly-we-just-add-to-the-piles-of-rainbow-glass-that-s-been-blown/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't have a fully loaded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/you-re-punishing-him-over-and-over-for-things-that-are-out-of-his/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [“But the significant difference between Thirteen and the Capitol are the expectations of the populace. Thirteen was used to hardship, wheras in the Capitol,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/but-the-significant-difference-between-thirteen-and-the-capitol-are/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bye/suzanne-collins/#itemlist", "name": "3 Bye Quotes By Suzanne Collins", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim's place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/then-something-unexpected-happens-at-least-i-don-t-expect-it-because/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_then-something-unexpected-happens-at-lea_172130.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_then-something-unexpected-happens-at-lea_172130.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_then-something-unexpected-happens-at-lea_172130.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a…” — Suzanne Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/it-means-thanks-it-means-admiration-it-means-good-bye-to-someone-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_it-means-thanks-it-means-admiration-it-m_182781.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_it-means-thanks-it-means-admiration-it-m_182781.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_it-means-thanks-it-means-admiration-it-m_182781.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.” — Suzanne Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let them go, I tell myself. Say good-bye and forget them. I do my best, thinking of them one by one, releasing them like birds from the protective cages inside me, locking the doors against their return.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/let-them-go-i-tell-myself-say-good-bye-and-forget-them-i-do-my-best/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/suzanne-collins-60_bird_let-them-go-i-tell-myself-say-good-bye-a_2547311.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/suzanne-collins-60_bird_let-them-go-i-tell-myself-say-good-bye-a_2547311.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/suzanne-collins-60_bird_let-them-go-i-tell-myself-say-good-bye-a_2547311.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let them go, I tell myself. Say good-bye and forget them. I do my best, thinking of them one by one…” — Suzanne Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bye/suzanne-collins/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bye/suzanne-collins/", "name": "Bye Quotes by Suzanne Collins", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bye/suzanne-collins/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/suzanne-collins-60_admiration_then-something-unexpected-happens-at-lea_172130.jpg" }, "description": "3 Bye quotes by Suzanne Collins. Plus more from Suzanne Collins and more Bye sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bye/suzanne-collins/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bye/suzanne-collins/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Bye", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bye/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Suzanne Collins", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bye/suzanne-collins/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```