--- title: "14 Want Quotes By Sara Zarr" description: "14 Want quotes by Sara Zarr. Plus more from Sara Zarr and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/sara-zarr-2184_need_sometimes-you-should-have-something-you_457773.png" --- > [Sometimes you should have something you don't need but that you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/sometimes-you-should-have-something-you-don-t-need-but-that-you-want/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/sara-zarr-2184_need_sometimes-you-should-have-something-you_457773.png) > [he's a story i want to know from page one](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/he-s-a-story-i-want-to-know-from-page-one/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/sara-zarr-2184_pages_he-s-a-story-i-want-to-know-from-page-on_903902.png) > [Sometimes you want to hear your own mother's voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/sometimes-you-want-to-hear-your-own-mother-s-voice/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/sara-zarr-2184_mother_sometimes-you-want-to-hear-your-own-moth_681705.png) > [The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-kind-of-life-i-want-is-to-be-a-person-who-would-get-a-personal/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/sara-zarr-2184_every-day_the-kind-of-life-i-want-is-to-be-a-perso_2698105.png) > [Readers want a story, not a pattern. It's the specifics of a story that make it really ping our various reader radars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/readers-want-a-story-not-a-pattern-it-s-the-specifics-of-a-story-that/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/sara-zarr-2184_books_readers-want-a-story-not-a-pattern-it-s_1183129.png) > [I don't want to pretend like I'm some intellectual person who understands Flannery O'Connor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-don-t-want-to-pretend-like-i-m-some-intellectual-person-who/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/sara-zarr-2184_intellectual_i-don-t-want-to-pretend-like-i-m-some-in_1577054.png) > [Don't ask me how I am,' I blurt. 'Please.' I want to keep feeling good. Just because the lights are on doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/don-t-ask-me-how-i-am-i-blurt-please-i-want-to-keep-feeling-good-just/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/sara-zarr-2184_ask-me_don-t-ask-me-how-i-am-i-blurt-please-i-w_2024052.png) > [I understand that you can never have the whole picture; inevitably, there’s stuff you don’t know, can’t know. But when it comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-understand-that-you-can-never-have-the-whole-picture-inevitably/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/sara-zarr-2184_able_i-understand-that-you-can-never-have-the_1343822.jpg) > [Life needed a fast forward button. Because there were days you just don't want to live through, not again, but they kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/life-needed-a-fast-forward-button-because-there-were-days-you-just/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/sara-zarr-2184_buttons_life-needed-a-fast-forward-button-becaus_852526.png) > [I don’t want these memories to become slippery, to just disappear into the thin air of life the way most things seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-don-t-want-these-memories-to-become-slippery-to-just-disappear-into/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/sara-zarr-2184_air_i-don-t-want-these-memories-to-become-sl_3059000.png) > [This was a memory I wanted to keep, whole, and recall again and again. When I was fifty years old I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/this-was-a-memory-i-wanted-to-keep-whole-and-recall-again-and-again/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/sara-zarr-2184_cameron_this-was-a-memory-i-wanted-to-keep-whole_2246407.png) > [I don't yell back at my mother. When I'm angry or scared or upset, I don't yell. I stay quiet. I've seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-don-t-yell-back-at-my-mother-when-i-m-angry-or-scared-or-upset-i/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/sara-zarr-2184_angry_i-don-t-yell-back-at-my-mother-when-i-m_996243.png) > [It's not words, so much, just my mind going blank and thoughts reaching up up up, me wishing I could climb through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/it-s-not-words-so-much-just-my-mind-going-blank-and-thoughts-reaching/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/sara-zarr-2184_believe_it-s-not-words-so-much-just-my-mind-goin_1704619.png) > [I get a message from my dad. In the mood I'm in, I tear up to see his name in my inbox,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-get-a-message-from-my-dad-in-the-mood-i-m-in-i-tear-up-to-see-his/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/sara-zarr-2184_age_i-get-a-message-from-my-dad-in-the-mood_2354620.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Sara Zarr > [My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign publishers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/my-books-have-been-translated-into-various-languages-and-sold-in/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“Is this okay with you, Jenna? For him to stay here?" "Yeah," I said. "It's good. You have no idea what it takes for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/is-this-okay-with-you-jenna-for-him-to-stay-here-yeah-i-said-it-s/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [Remember that no matter where I am or what I'm doing I've got a special place inside me that's all for you. It's been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/remember-that-no-matter-where-i-am-or-what-i-m-doing-i-ve-got-a/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“I don't understand, Jenna, why you couldn't give him a ride home?" Mom struck the archetypal Mom pose-hands on hips, perplexed look on face,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-don-t-understand-jenna-why-you-couldn-t-give-him-a-ride-home-mom/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [I lived too much in my head instead of the real world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-lived-too-much-in-my-head-instead-of-the-real-world/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [The importance of our connection, what it meant to find each other again, the way it made what happened to us and between us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-importance-of-our-connection-what-it-meant-to-find-each-other/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“And part of being American is respecting all people's right to be whatever they want to be and at the same time respecting your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/and-part-of-being-american-is-respecting-all-people-s-right-to-be/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [And he left. I watched him walk out – he didn’t say good-bye, he didn’t even look back. It scared me, how easy it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/and-he-left-i-watched-him-walk-out-he-didn-t-say-good-bye-he-didn-t/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [I tend to describe recurring themes as being part of a writer's DNA - something so deeply embedded in us that even we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-tend-to-describe-recurring-themes-as-being-part-of-a-writer-s-dna/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it feels like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-do-have-a-little-bit-more-confidence-in-or-at-least-familiarity/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [The world was full of beauty. She wanted to grab hold of it and take it down into her bones. Yet always it seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-world-was-full-of-beauty-she-wanted-to-grab-hold-of-it-and-take/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“Does all this have anything to do with Cameron coming back?" "Basically." She didn't put any letters down. Our game had effectively stopped. "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/does-all-this-have-anything-to-do-with-cameron-coming-back-basically/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-m-not-really-a-plot-writer-i-m-more-interested-in-the-characters/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“Apparently, the world was perfect in 1958.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/apparently-the-world-was-perfect-in-1958/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“The sight of them (her friends) let a little air into her soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-sight-of-them-her-friends-let-a-little-air-into-her-soul/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/sara-zarr/#itemlist", "name": "14 Want Quotes By Sara Zarr", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes you should have something you don't need but that you want.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sara Zarr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/sometimes-you-should-have-something-you-don-t-need-but-that-you-want/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/sara-zarr-2184_need_sometimes-you-should-have-something-you_457773.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/sara-zarr-2184_need_sometimes-you-should-have-something-you_457773.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/sara-zarr-2184_need_sometimes-you-should-have-something-you_457773.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes you should have something you don't need but that you want.” — Sara Zarr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "he's a story i want to know from page one", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sara Zarr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/he-s-a-story-i-want-to-know-from-page-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/sara-zarr-2184_pages_he-s-a-story-i-want-to-know-from-page-on_903902.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/sara-zarr-2184_pages_he-s-a-story-i-want-to-know-from-page-on_903902.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/sara-zarr-2184_pages_he-s-a-story-i-want-to-know-from-page-on_903902.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“he's a story i want to know from page one” — Sara Zarr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes you want to hear your own mother's voice.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sara Zarr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/sometimes-you-want-to-hear-your-own-mother-s-voice/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/sara-zarr-2184_mother_sometimes-you-want-to-hear-your-own-moth_681705.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/sara-zarr-2184_mother_sometimes-you-want-to-hear-your-own-moth_681705.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/sara-zarr-2184_mother_sometimes-you-want-to-hear-your-own-moth_681705.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes you want to hear your own mother's voice.” — Sara Zarr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sara Zarr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-kind-of-life-i-want-is-to-be-a-person-who-would-get-a-personal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/sara-zarr-2184_every-day_the-kind-of-life-i-want-is-to-be-a-perso_2698105.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/sara-zarr-2184_every-day_the-kind-of-life-i-want-is-to-be-a-perso_2698105.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/sara-zarr-2184_every-day_the-kind-of-life-i-want-is-to-be-a-perso_2698105.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.” — Sara Zarr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Readers want a story, not a pattern. 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