--- title: "17 Gone Quotes By Suzanne Collins" description: "17 Gone quotes by Suzanne Collins. Plus more from Suzanne Collins and more Gone sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/suzanne-collins-60_hunger-games_she-s-really-gone-then-time-and-tragedy_1101538.jpg" --- > [“She's really gone, then...Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/she-s-really-gone-then-time-and-tragedy-have-forced-her-to-grow-too/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/suzanne-collins-60_hunger-games_she-s-really-gone-then-time-and-tragedy_1101538.jpg) > [She's really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/she-s-really-gone-then-the-little-girl-with-the-back-of-her-shirt-2/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/suzanne-collins-60_ducks_she-s-really-gone-then-the-little-girl-w_3226641.jpg) > [All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/all-the-times-these-arms-were-my-only-refuge-from-the-world-perhaps/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/suzanne-collins-60_appreciated_all-the-times-these-arms-were-my-only-re_3119954.jpg) > [The woods always look different at night...as if the daytime trees and flowers and stones had gone to bed and sent slightly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/the-woods-always-look-different-at-night-as-if-the-daytime-trees-and/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/suzanne-collins-60_bed_the-woods-always-look-different-at-night_1535503.jpg) > [I can hear him weeping but I don't care. They probably won't even bother to question her, she's so far gone. Gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-can-hear-him-weeping-but-i-don-t-care-they-probably-won-t-even/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/suzanne-collins-60_bother_i-can-hear-him-weeping-but-i-don-t-care_735595.jpg) > [I wrap my arms around his neck, feel his arms hesitate before they embrace me. Not as steady as they once were,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-wrap-my-arms-around-his-neck-feel-his-arms-hesitate-before-they/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/suzanne-collins-60_appreciated_i-wrap-my-arms-around-his-neck-feel-his_795318.jpg) > [It’s the final word in camouflage. Forget chucking weights around. Peeta should have gone into his private session with the Gamemakers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/it-s-the-final-word-in-camouflage-forget-chucking-weights-around/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/suzanne-collins-60_boulders_it-s-the-final-word-in-camouflage-forget_1141927.jpg) > [The numbness of his loss had passed, and the pain would hit me out of nowhere, doubling me over, racking my body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/the-numbness-of-his-loss-had-passed-and-the-pain-would-hit-me-out-of/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/suzanne-collins-60_answers_the-numbness-of-his-loss-had-passed-and_235067.jpg) > [My mouth has gone dry as sawdust. I desperately find Cinna in the crowd and lock eyes with him. I imagine the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/my-mouth-has-gone-dry-as-sawdust-i-desperately-find-cinna-in-the/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/suzanne-collins-60_being-honest_my-mouth-has-gone-dry-as-sawdust-i-despe_3131678.jpg) > [There's a meeting in Command. Disregard your current schedule,' he says. 'Done,' I say. 'Did you follow it at all today?' he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/there-s-a-meeting-in-command-disregard-your-current-schedule-he-says/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/suzanne-collins-60_bracelet_there-s-a-meeting-in-command-disregard-y_203013.jpg) > ['The Underland Chronicles' is an unnecessary war for a very long time until it becomes a necessary war, because there have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/the-underland-chronicles-is-an-unnecessary-war-for-a-very-long-time/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/suzanne-collins-60_because_the-underland-chronicles-is-an-unnecessa_674681.jpg) > [“Sometimes when I’m alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/sometimes-when-i-m-alone-i-take-the-pearl-from-where-it-lives-in-my-2/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/suzanne-collins-60_fitness_sometimes-when-i-m-alone-i-take-the-pear_2823790.jpg) > [She’s really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail, the one who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/she-s-really-gone-then-the-little-girl-with-the-back-of-her-shirt/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/suzanne-collins-60_bakeries_she-s-really-gone-then-the-little-girl-w_2458287.jpg) > [All the general fear I've been feeling condenses into an immediate fear of this girl, this predator who might kill me in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/all-the-general-fear-i-ve-been-feeling-condenses-into-an-immediate/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/suzanne-collins-60_adrenaline_all-the-general-fear-i-ve-been-feeling-c_263635.jpg) > [I'm so sorry," I whisper. I lean forward and kiss him. His eyelashes flutter and he looks at me through a haze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-m-so-sorry-i-whisper-i-lean-forward-and-kiss-him-his-eyelashes/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/suzanne-collins-60_all-kinds_i-m-so-sorry-i-whisper-i-lean-forward-an_1883743.jpg) > [I begin to fully understand the lengths to which people have gone to protect me. What I mean to the rebels. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-begin-to-fully-understand-the-lengths-to-which-people-have-gone-to/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/suzanne-collins-60_accepted_i-begin-to-fully-understand-the-lengths_1345187.jpg) > [“It's only now that he's been corrupted that I can fully appreciate the real Peeta. Even more than I would've if he'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/it-s-only-now-that-he-s-been-corrupted-that-i-can-fully-appreciate/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/suzanne-collins-60_strong-arms_it-s-only-now-that-he-s-been-corrupted-t_324593.jpg) ## Other authors on Gone ## 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/gone/suzanne-collins/#itemlist", "name": "17 Gone Quotes By Suzanne Collins", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She's really gone, then...Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/she-s-really-gone-then-time-and-tragedy-have-forced-her-to-grow-too/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/suzanne-collins-60_hunger-games_she-s-really-gone-then-time-and-tragedy_1101538.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/suzanne-collins-60_hunger-games_she-s-really-gone-then-time-and-tragedy_1101538.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/suzanne-collins-60_hunger-games_she-s-really-gone-then-time-and-tragedy_1101538.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She's really gone, then...Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly...” — Suzanne Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She's really gone, then. 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