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title: "12 Saw World Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Saw World quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Saw World sayings and thoughts."
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> [It's my birthday! and when I first saw the world. I fell in love with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina/it-s-my-birthday-and-when-i-first-saw-the-world-i-fell-in-love-with-it/)

[Katrina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/katrina-19604_birthday_it-s-my-birthday-and-when-i-first-saw-th_2203557.jpg)

> [“He saw the world through gray water.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/he-saw-the-world-through-gray-water/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/john-steinbeck-71_gray_he-saw-the-world-through-gray-water-2761_2761409.jpg)

> [“She smiled up at him, and he saw his whole world in her eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gideon/she-smiled-up-at-him-and-he-saw-his-whole-world-in-her-eyes/)

[Nancy Gideon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gideon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/nancy-gideon-34032_whole-world_she-smiled-up-at-him-and-he-saw-his-whol_1211475.jpg)

> [“I wokeup in morning and saw, world has move on”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sukant-ratnakar/i-wokeup-in-morning-and-saw-world-has-move-on/)

[Sukant Ratnakar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sukant-ratnakar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/sukant-ratnakar-9114_innovation_i-wokeup-in-morning-and-saw-world-has-mo_2706014.jpg)

> [“For one of us at least, we knew, we were certain - this is how we saw the world - there would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mcdermott/for-one-of-us-at-least-we-knew-we-were-certain-this-is-how-we-saw-the/)

[Alice McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mcdermott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/alice-mcdermott-1961_certain_for-one-of-us-at-least-we-knew-we-were-c_2829022.jpg)

> [“I saw everything in the world build up and then everything in the world fall down again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-keegan/i-saw-everything-in-the-world-build-up-and-then-everything-in-the/)

[Marina Keegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-keegan/)

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> [“all these years I have looked through your limbs to the river below and the roofs and the night and you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-merwin-2/all-these-years-i-have-looked-through-your-limbs-to-the-river-below/)

[W.S. Merwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-merwin-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/w-s-merwin-2-23725_years-looked_all-these-years-i-have-looked-through-yo_212718.jpg)

> [“I thought I needed to see the world with you, but I didn't. I saw the world in you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-yeh/i-thought-i-needed-to-see-the-world-with-you-but-i-didn-t-i-saw-the/)

[Jessica Yeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-yeh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/jessica-yeh-80519_angst_i-thought-i-needed-to-see-the-world-with_2496628.jpg)

> [“All I saw was Ben, and I knew that all he saw was me. The whole world didn't - it was there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivy-devlin/all-i-saw-was-ben-and-i-knew-that-all-he-saw-was-me-the-whole-world/)

[Ivy Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivy-devlin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/ivy-devlin-37549_knew_all-i-saw-was-ben-and-i-knew-that-all-he_73075.jpg)

> [“You was in all sorts of places, huh?” “Yeah, I was. Saw the world.” “What’d you think of it?” “Different languages, same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-lehane/you-was-in-all-sorts-of-places-huh-yeah-i-was-saw-the-world-what-d/)

[Dennis Lehane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-lehane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/dennis-lehane-1503_different-languages_you-was-in-all-sorts-of-places-huh-yeah_242088.jpg)

> [Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/through-books-and-photographs-i-saw-a-world-that-was-not-my-own-and-i-2/)

[Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/bette-midler-1976_another-world_through-books-and-photographs-i-saw-a-wo_1961455.jpg)

> [“... We had suddenly learned to see. And we saw that there was nothing of their world left. We were all at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-maria-remarque/we-had-suddenly-learned-to-see-and-we-saw-that-there-was-nothing-of/)

[Erich Maria Remarque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-maria-remarque/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/erich-maria-remarque-568_germany_we-had-suddenly-learned-to-see-and-we-sa_2056939.jpg)

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