--- title: "10 Wanted Answer Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Wanted Answer quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Wanted Answer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/maggie-stiefvater-76_answer_sam-i-wanted-to-answer-but-i-was-broken_2384998.png" --- > [“Sam: I wanted to answer, but I was broken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/sam-i-wanted-to-answer-but-i-was-broken/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/maggie-stiefvater-76_answer_sam-i-wanted-to-answer-but-i-was-broken_2384998.png) > [“She was past present future. I wanted to answer, but I was broken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/she-was-past-present-future-i-wanted-to-answer-but-i-was-broken/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/maggie-stiefvater-76_broken_she-was-past-present-future-i-wanted-to_2517639.png) > [“I didn’t want a sorry. I just wanted an answer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garima-soni/i-didn-t-want-a-sorry-i-just-wanted-an-answer/) [Garima Soni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garima-soni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/garima-soni-32681_best-quotes_i-didn-t-want-a-sorry-i-just-wanted-an-a_890401.jpg) > [First, I wanted to answer the question I'm most frequently asked: "How did you become who you are?" Well, you had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/first-i-wanted-to-answer-the-question-i-m-most-frequently-asked-how/) [Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/condoleezza-rice-807_answers_first-i-wanted-to-answer-the-question-i_765358.jpg) > [The question I wanted to answer was, could I train my mind to be happy the same way one trains one's body?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-sagmeister/the-question-i-wanted-to-answer-was-could-i-train-my-mind-to-be-happy/) [Stefan Sagmeister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-sagmeister/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/stefan-sagmeister-13596_answer_the-question-i-wanted-to-answer-was-coul_1717820.jpg) > [They thought they were identifying a set of behaviours, but yeah, they just wanted to have an answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chester-brown/they-thought-they-were-identifying-a-set-of-behaviours-but-yeah-they/) [Chester Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chester-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/chester-brown-11242_answer_they-thought-they-were-identifying-a-set_1297404.jpg) > [“Do I even want to know what that was?" I only half way wanted an answer. "It's something you should've already taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-mcpherson/do-i-even-want-to-know-what-that-was-i-only-half-way-wanted-an-answer/) [Angela McPherson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-mcpherson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/angela-mcpherson-44863_half-way_do-i-even-want-to-know-what-that-was-i-o_908448.jpg) > [“He wanted something, he realizes now. Wanted an answer other than the ones he’d been given. Wanted to find out this whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/he-wanted-something-he-realizes-now-wanted-an-answer-other-than-the/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/patrick-ness-449_purpose_he-wanted-something-he-realizes-now-want_1905542.jpg) > [Donovan Caine wanted me, but he wasn’t strong enough to accept me. Not my past, not my strength, not the woman I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-estep/donovan-caine-wanted-me-but-he-wasn-t-strong-enough-to-accept-me-not/) [Jennifer Estep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-estep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/jennifer-estep-1609_accept-me_donovan-caine-wanted-me-but-he-wasn-t-st_2364933.jpg) > [“This was not the time to say “I don’t know.” The brothers had begging, hungry looks, like dogs waiting to be fed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/this-was-not-the-time-to-say-i-don-t-know-the-brothers-had-begging/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/terry-pratchett-19_god_this-was-not-the-time-to-say-i-don-t-kno_1878284.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wanted-answer/#itemlist", "name": "Wanted Answer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Sam: I wanted to answer, but I was broken.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maggie Stiefvater" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/sam-i-wanted-to-answer-but-i-was-broken/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/maggie-stiefvater-76_answer_sam-i-wanted-to-answer-but-i-was-broken_2384998.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/maggie-stiefvater-76_answer_sam-i-wanted-to-answer-but-i-was-broken_2384998.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/maggie-stiefvater-76_answer_sam-i-wanted-to-answer-but-i-was-broken_2384998.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sam: I wanted to answer, but I was broken.” — Maggie Stiefvater", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She was past present future. 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