“I wanted to believe he was mad. Unfortunately, I no longer knew what madness was.” — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
I wanted to believe anything so that I wouldn’t have to face the future alone. The problem with wanting is that it… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I grew up as a Christian. I suppose at some level I wanted to believe someone was watching over me. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
He was guided by what he saw rather than by what he wanted to believe. — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
~ People wanted to believe each other, but they are afraid to trust each other. ~ — Vince Copy Share Image
“He wanted to believe that I was a good person and I wanted to believe that he was just another asshole.” — Jessica Cutler Copy Share Image
“That melting pot stuff was always more about what this country wanted to believe about itself than the way people really felt.” — Wally Lamb We Are Water Copy Share Image
She closed her eyes. "I didn't know that. i didn't know anything. It scares me the things I told myself. But I… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
After Henry's treatment of her she wasn't sure that men could honestly love women but she wanted to believe it. She wanted… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
“I could have run after him. I could have asked politely for some clarification. But I didn’t I knew what I preferred,… — Lloyd Jones Copy Share Image
“Evil would never bring Good, however much they wanted to believe that it would. By the time they discovered the truth, it… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“She wanted more than anything to believe him. To believe that things didn’t always have to be so desperate, so painful. To… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
“You wanted to believe that the sniper had a reason. That he wasn’t just a broken guy who’d been abused by his… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
I wanted to show them I will never give up. We have to keep together. I still believe in myself. I will… — Paolo Di Canio Copy Share Image
“He wanted to believe her, but more importantly he believed in her because she knew already that he was quite lost, more… — K.J. Wignall Copy Share Image
“What happened was that I caught a glimpse of something I desperately needed to believe in at that point in my life.… — Gwen Cooper Copy Share Image
“The recurring choice-between faith and science, Christianity and feminism, the Bible and historical criticism, doctrine and compassion-kept tripping me up like roots… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“I cannot explain the force which pulled me to him. His sudden entrance into my empty life had awakened something very simple… — K.B. Ezzell Copy Share Image
“Each one of us had been starved for love for so long that we wanted to believe that love, once found, was… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
William James used to preach the "will-to-believe." For my part, I should wish to preach the "will-to-doubt." None of our beliefs are… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“...part of me must have really wanted to believe--like a child hearing, in perfect safety, a tale of horror--that the unconscious would… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Why do I feel so deceived? Guess I believed what I wanted to believe Its perfect in my dreams But nothings really… — Crystal Copy Share Image
“That happy ending business - it's all a bit contrived. I don't ever believe it." How unromantic. It wasn't true either. The… — Harriet Evans Copy Share Image
“Making you believe what he wanted you to believe was his very reason for being. Maybe his only reason. I was intrigued… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“He still wanted to believe that people could survive their misfortunes. He believed that was all anyone had.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Maybe we all just wanted someone to believe in. That's all each of us wanted, and it should be so simple, but… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“And I’m not going to lie, a little bit of me wanted to believe what I saw in advertising and in holiday… — Katherine Garbera Copy Share Image
People believed what they wanted to believe, no matter what was right in front of their eyes. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My poor mom really wants me to meet someone. I think she wanted to believe the Ryan Gosling rumor more than anybody. — Michelle Williams Copy Share Image
“I’ve always wanted to believe God made me this way for a reason.” “I am the reason.” — Tiffany Reisz Copy Share Image
“I wanted to believe that as generations turned over, those coming into economic and political power would build a different, better, more… — Anna Wiener Copy Share Image
“Nothing else matters. If I had a penny right now I'd wish that were true; I want to believe it more than… — Katja Millay Copy Share Image
“William James used to preach the 'will to believe.' For my part, I should wish to preach the 'will to doubt' ...… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
...I have wanted to believe people could make their dreams come truethat problems could be solved. However, this is a national illness.… — Kristin Hunter Copy Share Image
