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title: "5 Leaving Quotes By Suzanne Collins"
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> [Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/finnick-i-say-maybe-some-pants-he-looks-down-at-his-legs-as-if/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/suzanne-collins-60_embarrassed_finnick-i-say-maybe-some-pants-he-looks_165232.jpg)

> [The pain over my heart returns, and from it I imagine tiny fissures spreading out into my body. Through my torso, down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/the-pain-over-my-heart-returns-and-from-it-i-imagine-tiny-fissures/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/suzanne-collins-60_arms_the-pain-over-my-heart-returns-and-from_1521007.jpg)

> [ Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream. \[...\] When I fully awaken, I'm momentarily comforted.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/sometimes-when-things-are-particularly-bad-my-brain-will-give-me-a/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/suzanne-collins-60_brain_sometimes-when-things-are-particularly-b_2031100.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)

> [You’re not leaving me here alone,” I say. Because if he dies, I’ll never go home, not really. I’ll spend the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/you-re-not-leaving-me-here-alone-i-say-because-if-he-dies-i-ll-never/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

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## Other authors on Leaving

## 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/)

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