--- title: "17 Want Quotes By Deb Caletti" description: "17 Want quotes by Deb Caletti. Plus more from Deb Caletti and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/deb-caletti-697_opposites_you-can-want-one-thing-and-have-a-secret_1636189.png" --- > [You can want one thing and have a secret wish for its opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/you-can-want-one-thing-and-have-a-secret-wish-for-its-opposite/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/deb-caletti-697_opposites_you-can-want-one-thing-and-have-a-secret_1636189.png) > [When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/when-what-you-want-is-a-relationship-and-not-a-person-get-a-dog/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/deb-caletti-697_animal_when-what-you-want-is-a-relationship-and_465935.png) > [We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. You go to that prison, you'll meet big-time operators. Maple syrup stealers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/we-don-t-want-you-convicted-for-condiment-theft-you-go-to-that-prison/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/deb-caletti-697_bigs_we-don-t-want-you-convicted-for-condimen_1153920.png) > [Maybe I was being too picky. Maybe I didn't want to be close to anyone. Maybe I'd just be the type who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/maybe-i-was-being-too-picky-maybe-i-didn-t-want-to-be-close-to-anyone/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/280/deb-caletti-697_feels_maybe-i-was-being-too-picky-maybe-i-didn_864483.png) > [Yeah. When you want what's real and you try to find that in high school, you might as well be looking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/yeah-when-you-want-what-s-real-and-you-try-to-find-that-in-high/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/deb-caletti-697_brooks_yeah-when-you-want-what-s-real-and-you-t_1766596.png) > [Maybe we all just want to feel special, even for a little while, to be fooled for a bit into feeling something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/maybe-we-all-just-want-to-feel-special-even-for-a-little-while-to-be/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/deb-caletti-697_feeling_maybe-we-all-just-want-to-feel-special-e_1681833.png) > [I've wished for things and never really had the chance...It's time to stop dreaming and do something about it. You've got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-ve-wished-for-things-and-never-really-had-the-chance-it-s-time-to/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/deb-caletti-697_chance_i-ve-wished-for-things-and-never-really_2143440.jpg) > [It made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don't want to lose someone, even if they don't deserve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/it-made-me-wonder-how-many-times-we-forgive-just-because-we-don-t/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d95/deb-caletti-697_deserve_it-made-me-wonder-how-many-times-we-forg_1916449.png) > [It was a shut door, and shut doors meant things kept to yourself. There were reasons you kept things to yourself, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/it-was-a-shut-door-and-shut-doors-meant-things-kept-to-yourself-there/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/deb-caletti-697_air_it-was-a-shut-door-and-shut-doors-meant_2377507.jpg) > [What Dino spent most of his time doing was hiring and firing new managers. Since he ditched William Tiero three-plus years ago,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/what-dino-spent-most-of-his-time-doing-was-hiring-and-firing-new/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/deb-caletti-697_bags_what-dino-spent-most-of-his-time-doing-w_2019314.jpg) > [We should have the right to have someone leave when we want, to only allow those in who we want in. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/we-should-have-the-right-to-have-someone-leave-when-we-want-to-only/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/deb-caletti-697_cards_we-should-have-the-right-to-have-someone_2419757.jpg) > [I grow green beans in my garden. The one thing I know about harvesting them is that you need to train your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-grow-green-beans-in-my-garden-the-one-thing-i-know-about-harvesting/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/deb-caletti-697_angle_i-grow-green-beans-in-my-garden-the-one_678308.png) > [I put the guitar back in the case. I can't even look at it anymore. Instead, I want to make brownies. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-put-the-guitar-back-in-the-case-i-can-t-even-look-at-it-anymore/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/deb-caletti-697_brownies_i-put-the-guitar-back-in-the-case-i-can_1599717.jpg) > [A new person in your life gives the rest of you a chance to be new, too. Your life can be whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/a-new-person-in-your-life-gives-the-rest-of-you-a-chance-to-be-new/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/deb-caletti-697_brave_a-new-person-in-your-life-gives-the-rest_1594939.jpg) > [I had let want in, opened the door ever so slightly. But want without the belief you can get what you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-had-let-want-in-opened-the-door-ever-so-slightly-but-want-without/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/deb-caletti-697_beacons_i-had-let-want-in-opened-the-door-ever-s_2536425.png) > [The six rules of maybe 1. respect the power of hope and possibilites. Begin with beleif. Hold onto it. 2. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/the-six-rules-of-maybe-1-respect-the-power-of-hope-and-possibilites/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/deb-caletti-697_begin-again_the-six-rules-of-maybe-1-respect-the-pow_2748225.png) > [“I want to wash your hair with a shampoo that smells like fruit - mango, or strawberries. I want to walk on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-want-to-wash-your-hair-with-a-shampoo-that-smells-like-fruit-mango/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/deb-caletti-697_sweet-things_i-want-to-wash-your-hair-with-a-shampoo_1640932.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Deb Caletti > [“More, much more, will happen after this. Things involving maps and books and true love and tragedy, tragedy like you wouldn't believe. But fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/more-much-more-will-happen-after-this-things-involving-maps-and-books/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“Hannah and Kayla are talking without saying anything. Their conversation goes like this: Hannah: Uh-huh. Kayla: It was like, ugh! Hannah: I know. Kayla:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/hannah-and-kayla-are-talking-without-saying-anything-their/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [Another person is, at the heart of it, unknowable. And if you cannot know a person enough to always guess what they’re capable of,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/another-person-is-at-the-heart-of-it-unknowable-and-if-you-cannot/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/that-s-what-people-do-who-love-you-they-put-their-arms-around-you-and/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [If fate is a shape-shifter, then loves is too. It can be, anyway, in its most dangerous form. It´s your best day and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/if-fate-is-a-shape-shifter-then-loves-is-too-it-can-be-anyway-in-its/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [If you don't participate, you're just taking up oxygen. (Bunny) Life is a banquet. Approach it with hunger. (Chuck)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/if-you-don-t-participate-you-re-just-taking-up-oxygen-bunny-life-is-a/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“You wanted more from people sometimes. And sometimes,you wanted more from yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/you-wanted-more-from-people-sometimes-and-sometimes-you-wanted-more/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [Because that’s how it works after something terrible has happened. You know this is true if something terrible has ever happened to you. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/because-that-s-how-it-works-after-something-terrible-has-happened-you/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“Good guy. There was efficiency to male language. Those two words were what guys said about other guys that they really respected. Guys they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/good-guy-there-was-efficiency-to-male-language-those-two-words-were/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“In a world of insanity, nothing is sacred. It's an insane world, nothing is sacred.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/in-a-world-of-insanity-nothing-is-sacred-it-s-an-insane-world-nothing/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“And because he was nice in the beginning did not mean he was a good man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/and-because-he-was-nice-in-the-beginning-did-not-mean-he-was-a-good/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“I like those very realistic paintings that look like photographs, or novels that are so much like actual life that you feel understood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-like-those-very-realistic-paintings-that-look-like-photographs-or/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [This is what happens when nice people are pushed too far. We give too many chances, and so when we've finally had enough, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/this-is-what-happens-when-nice-people-are-pushed-too-far-we-give-too/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“I confess I had a Child of Divorce Reunion Fantasy Number One Thousand, where I for a moment imagined my father finding out that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-confess-i-had-a-child-of-divorce-reunion-fantasy-number-one/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [so what brings you to the doctor today?" "hmm, im afraid i have the chronic desire to save people" "i know about that. i've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/so-what-brings-you-to-the-doctor-today-hmm-im-afraid-i-have-the/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/deb-caletti/#itemlist", "name": "17 Want Quotes By Deb Caletti", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can want one thing and have a secret wish for its opposite.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Deb Caletti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/you-can-want-one-thing-and-have-a-secret-wish-for-its-opposite/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/deb-caletti-697_opposites_you-can-want-one-thing-and-have-a-secret_1636189.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/deb-caletti-697_opposites_you-can-want-one-thing-and-have-a-secret_1636189.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/deb-caletti-697_opposites_you-can-want-one-thing-and-have-a-secret_1636189.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can want one thing and have a secret wish for its opposite.” — Deb Caletti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Deb Caletti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/when-what-you-want-is-a-relationship-and-not-a-person-get-a-dog/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/deb-caletti-697_animal_when-what-you-want-is-a-relationship-and_465935.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/deb-caletti-697_animal_when-what-you-want-is-a-relationship-and_465935.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/deb-caletti-697_animal_when-what-you-want-is-a-relationship-and_465935.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.” — Deb Caletti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. 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There were reasons you kept things to yourself, and they usually weren’t good, happy, open-air sort of reasons. Still, I didn’t want to see behind that door. You think you want to know everything there is to know about everything there is to know. But you don’t. Not really. I had pried the lid off of the dark places of another person before, I had seen inside. Down deep. 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