--- title: "10 Want Quotes By Erin Morgenstern" description: "10 Want quotes by Erin Morgenstern. Plus more from Erin Morgenstern and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/erin-morgenstern-806_erin-morgenstern_everyone-is-a-part-of-a-story-what-they_2208673.png" --- > [“Everyone is a part of a story, what they want is to be part of something worth recording”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/everyone-is-a-part-of-a-story-what-they-want-is-to-be-part-of/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/erin-morgenstern-806_erin-morgenstern_everyone-is-a-part-of-a-story-what-they_2208673.png) > [“Now you know about it, and you can do whatever you want to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/now-you-know-about-it-and-you-can-do-whatever-you-want-to-it/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/erin-morgenstern-806_ability_now-you-know-about-it-and-you-can-do-wha_3002910.png) > [It's a wonderful sort of feeling when people want to spend more time in a world you created.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/it-s-a-wonderful-sort-of-feeling-when-people-want-to-spend-more-time/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/erin-morgenstern-806_feeling_it-s-a-wonderful-sort-of-feeling-when-pe_1036180.png) > [I feel 'The Night Circus' has a complete story arc in one book. I like it as a single volume. It feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/i-feel-the-night-circus-has-a-complete-story-arc-in-one-book-i-like/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/erin-morgenstern-806_arc_i-feel-the-night-circus-has-a-complete-s_775835.png) > [I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/i-am-tired-of-trying-to-hold-things-together-that-cannot-be-held-2/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/erin-morgenstern-806_break_i-am-tired-of-trying-to-hold-things-toge_1217113.jpg) > [It's not a real name," she says. "Not one that he's carried with him always. It's one he wears like his hat.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/it-s-not-a-real-name-she-says-not-one-that-he-s-carried-with-him/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e36/erin-morgenstern-806_hats_it-s-not-a-real-name-she-says-not-one-th_1418789.png) > [I cannot let a place that is so important to so many people fade away. Something that is wonder and comfort and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/i-cannot-let-a-place-that-is-so-important-to-so-many-people-fade-away/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/erin-morgenstern-806_comfort_i-cannot-let-a-place-that-is-so-importan_2528893.png) > [I would have written you, myself, if I could put down in words everything I want to say to you. A sea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/i-would-have-written-you-myself-if-i-could-put-down-in-words/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/erin-morgenstern-806_dream_i-would-have-written-you-myself-if-i-cou_1417290.jpg) > [If I have not been completely honest with you, it is only because I know a great deal of things that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/if-i-have-not-been-completely-honest-with-you-it-is-only-because-i/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/erin-morgenstern-806_balance_if-i-have-not-been-completely-honest-wit_1535438.jpg) > [Do you remember all of your audiences?" Marco asks. "Not all of them," Celia says. "But I remember the people who look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/do-you-remember-all-of-your-audiences-marco-asks-not-all-of-them/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26f/erin-morgenstern-806_audience_do-you-remember-all-of-your-audiences-ma_1954854.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Erin Morgenstern > [They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They seek each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/they-are-enthusiasts-devotees-addicts-something-about-the-circus/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [“The Burgess sisters arrive together. Tara and Lainie do a little bit of everything. Sometimes dancers, sometimes actresses. Once they were librarians, but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/the-burgess-sisters-arrive-together-tara-and-lainie-do-a-little-bit/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [“Bedtime stories Eventide Rhapsodies Anthologies of Memory Please enter cautiously and feel free to open what is closed”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/bedtime-stories-eventide-rhapsodies-anthologies-of-memory-please/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [“When all of this is over, no matter which one of us wins, I will not let you go so easily. Agreed?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/when-all-of-this-is-over-no-matter-which-one-of-us-wins-i-will-not/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [“Even the ground beneath his feet feels unsatisfying to his boots.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/even-the-ground-beneath-his-feet-feels-unsatisfying-to-his-boots/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [“Why haven’t you asked me how I do my tricks?” Celia asks, once they have reached the point where she is certain he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/why-haven-t-you-asked-me-how-i-do-my-tricks-celia-asks-once-they-have/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [And there are really never endings, happy or otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/and-there-are-really-never-endings-happy-or-otherwise/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [I binge write. I think it's because I started seriously writing by participating in National Novel Writing Month, an online-based challenge to write 50,000…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/i-binge-write-i-think-it-s-because-i-started-seriously-writing-by/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [I have absurdly vivid dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/i-have-absurdly-vivid-dreams/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [I made a wish on this tree years ago," Marco says. "What did you wish for?" Bailey asks. Marco leans forward and whispers in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/i-made-a-wish-on-this-tree-years-ago-marco-says-what-did-you-wish-for/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [“He reads histories and mythologies and fairy tales, wondering why it seems that only girls are ever swept away from their mundane lives on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/he-reads-histories-and-mythologies-and-fairy-tales-wondering-why-it/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [“Behind him, the sheep, left to their own devices, decide to wander through the open gate into the field beyond.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/behind-him-the-sheep-left-to-their-own-devices-decide-to-wander/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [Marco moves to close the distance between them, kissing away her tears before catching her lip with his own. As he kisses her, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/marco-moves-to-close-the-distance-between-them-kissing-away-her-tears/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [“«Importa más ser que parecer.»”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/importa-m-s-ser-que-parecer/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [And before he can tell her to tell Widget goodbye for him if need be, she leans forward and kisses him, not on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/and-before-he-can-tell-her-to-tell-widget-goodbye-for-him-if-need-be/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/erin-morgenstern/#itemlist", "name": "10 Want Quotes By Erin Morgenstern", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Everyone is a part of a story, what they want is to be part of something worth recording”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erin Morgenstern" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/everyone-is-a-part-of-a-story-what-they-want-is-to-be-part-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/erin-morgenstern-806_erin-morgenstern_everyone-is-a-part-of-a-story-what-they_2208673.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/erin-morgenstern-806_erin-morgenstern_everyone-is-a-part-of-a-story-what-they_2208673.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/erin-morgenstern-806_erin-morgenstern_everyone-is-a-part-of-a-story-what-they_2208673.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everyone is a part of a story, what they want is to be part of something worth recording” — Erin Morgenstern", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Now you know about it, and you can do whatever you want to it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erin Morgenstern" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/now-you-know-about-it-and-you-can-do-whatever-you-want-to-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/erin-morgenstern-806_ability_now-you-know-about-it-and-you-can-do-wha_3002910.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/erin-morgenstern-806_ability_now-you-know-about-it-and-you-can-do-wha_3002910.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/erin-morgenstern-806_ability_now-you-know-about-it-and-you-can-do-wha_3002910.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Now you know about it, and you can do whatever you want to it.” — Erin Morgenstern", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a wonderful sort of feeling when people want to spend more time in a world you created.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erin Morgenstern" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/it-s-a-wonderful-sort-of-feeling-when-people-want-to-spend-more-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/erin-morgenstern-806_feeling_it-s-a-wonderful-sort-of-feeling-when-pe_1036180.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/erin-morgenstern-806_feeling_it-s-a-wonderful-sort-of-feeling-when-pe_1036180.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/erin-morgenstern-806_feeling_it-s-a-wonderful-sort-of-feeling-when-pe_1036180.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's a wonderful sort of feeling when people want to spend more time in a world you created.” — Erin Morgenstern", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel 'The Night Circus' has a complete story arc in one book. 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