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title: "8 Secret Want Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Secret Want quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Secret Want sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret is no fun. And although you don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-konigsburg/because-after-a-time-having-a-secret-and-nobody-knowing-you-have-a/)

[E. L. Konigsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-konigsburg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/e-l-konigsburg-17069_secret_because-after-a-time-having-a-secret-and_440696.jpg)

> [Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saadi/tell-no-one-the-secret-that-you-want-to-keep-although-he-may-be/)

[Saadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saadi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/saadi-2340_careful_tell-no-one-the-secret-that-you-want-to_711726.png)

> [“What I want is to tie you up and blindfold you and make you learn my touch, so you can't come with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominique-frost/what-i-want-is-to-tie-you-up-and-blindfold-you-and-make-you-learn-my/)

[Dominique Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominique-frost/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/dominique-frost-48360_m-m-romance_what-i-want-is-to-tie-you-up-and-blindfo_978182.jpg)

> [When you drop your expectations that a person, a situation, a place, or an object should fulfill you, it's easier to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/when-you-drop-your-expectations-that-a-person-a-situation-a-place-or/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/eckhart-tolle-81_easier_when-you-drop-your-expectations-that-a-p_1251756.jpg)

> [The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-metcalfe/the-reason-so-many-celebrities-try-to-keep-things-secret-is-you-want/)

[Jesse Metcalfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-metcalfe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/jesse-metcalfe-23443_chance_the-reason-so-many-celebrities-try-to-ke_1294732.jpg)

> [It is not a secret that I want to get better every day with every game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-ovechkin/it-is-not-a-secret-that-i-want-to-get-better-every-day-with-every-game/)

[Alexander Ovechkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-ovechkin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/alexander-ovechkin-3214_better_it-is-not-a-secret-that-i-want-to-get-be_1689781.png)

> [Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/most-people-want-to-get-what-they-want-whereas-the-secret-is-to-want/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/eckhart-tolle-81_moments_most-people-want-to-get-what-they-want-w_2325361.jpg)

> [Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tig-notaro/comedy-was-a-secret-want-but-it-wasn-t-anything-i-pursued/)

[Tig Notaro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tig-notaro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/tig-notaro-3660_anything_comedy-was-a-secret-want-but-it-wasn-t-a_3156330.png)

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