--- title: "10 Doors Quotes By Suzanne Collins" description: "10 Doors quotes by Suzanne Collins. Plus more from Suzanne Collins and more Doors sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/suzanne-collins-60_door_doors-are-for-those-who-lack-enemies-415_415871.jpg" --- > [Doors are for those who lack enemies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/doors-are-for-those-who-lack-enemies/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/suzanne-collins-60_door_doors-are-for-those-who-lack-enemies-415_415871.jpg) > [By the way, I know about the kiss." Then the door clicks shut behind him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/by-the-way-i-know-about-the-kiss-then-the-door-clicks-shut-behind-him/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/suzanne-collins-60_behinds_by-the-way-i-know-about-the-kiss-then-th_2434855.jpg) > [A verbal promise behind closed doors, even a statement written on paper-these could easily evaporate . . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/a-verbal-promise-behind-closed-doors-even-a-statement-written-on/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/suzanne-collins-60_behind-closed-doors_a-verbal-promise-behind-closed-doors-eve_2418342.jpg) > [This was the door to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/this-was-the-door-to-both-sustenance-and-sanity-and-we-were-each/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/suzanne-collins-60_doors_this-was-the-door-to-both-sustenance-and_829168.jpg) > [I walk around the room eating goose liver and puffy bread until there's a knock on the door. Effie's calling me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-walk-around-the-room-eating-goose-liver-and-puffy-bread-until-there/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f5/suzanne-collins-60_bread_i-walk-around-the-room-eating-goose-live_765677.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) > [In really bad times, the hungriest would gather at his door at nightfall, vying for the chance to earn a few coins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/in-really-bad-times-the-hungriest-would-gather-at-his-door-at/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/suzanne-collins-60_bad-time_in-really-bad-times-the-hungriest-would_2373505.jpg) > [Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/never-having-been-in-love-this-is-going-to-be-a-real-trick-i-think-of/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65f/suzanne-collins-60_boots_never-having-been-in-love-this-is-going_290436.jpg) > [Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. And a a lot of people do, out of relief that their children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/tonight-after-the-reaping-everyone-is-supposed-to-celebrate-and-a-a/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/suzanne-collins-60_another-year_tonight-after-the-reaping-everyone-is-su_495651.jpg) > [Today I might lose both of them. I try to imagine a world where both Gale's and Peeta's voices have ceased. Hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/today-i-might-lose-both-of-them-i-try-to-imagine-a-world-where-both/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b58/suzanne-collins-60_body_today-i-might-lose-both-of-them-i-try-to_2146625.jpg) ## Other authors on Doors ## 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/doors/suzanne-collins/#itemlist", "name": "10 Doors Quotes By Suzanne Collins", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Doors are for those who lack enemies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/doors-are-for-those-who-lack-enemies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/suzanne-collins-60_door_doors-are-for-those-who-lack-enemies-415_415871.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/suzanne-collins-60_door_doors-are-for-those-who-lack-enemies-415_415871.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/suzanne-collins-60_door_doors-are-for-those-who-lack-enemies-415_415871.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Doors are for those who lack enemies.” — Suzanne Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "By the way, I know about the kiss.\" Then the door clicks shut behind him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/by-the-way-i-know-about-the-kiss-then-the-door-clicks-shut-behind-him/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/suzanne-collins-60_behinds_by-the-way-i-know-about-the-kiss-then-th_2434855.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/suzanne-collins-60_behinds_by-the-way-i-know-about-the-kiss-then-th_2434855.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/suzanne-collins-60_behinds_by-the-way-i-know-about-the-kiss-then-th_2434855.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“By the way, I know about the kiss.\" Then the door clicks shut behind him.” — Suzanne Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A verbal promise behind closed doors, even a statement written on paper-these could easily evaporate . . . .", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/a-verbal-promise-behind-closed-doors-even-a-statement-written-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/suzanne-collins-60_behind-closed-doors_a-verbal-promise-behind-closed-doors-eve_2418342.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/suzanne-collins-60_behind-closed-doors_a-verbal-promise-behind-closed-doors-eve_2418342.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/suzanne-collins-60_behind-closed-doors_a-verbal-promise-behind-closed-doors-eve_2418342.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A verbal promise behind closed doors, even a statement written on paper-these could easily evaporate . . . .” — Suzanne Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This was the door to both sustenance and sanity. 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