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title: "10 World Wanted Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 World Wanted quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best World Wanted sayings and thoughts."
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> [“There was nothing in the world I wanted more than to know what he had not said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/there-was-nothing-in-the-world-i-wanted-more-than-to-know-what-he-had/)

[Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/madeline-miller-2938_said_there-was-nothing-in-the-world-i-wanted_2348700.jpg)

> [“He didn’t want to rule the world. He only wanted to save it. Athos”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab/he-didn-t-want-to-rule-the-world-he-only-wanted-to-save-it-athos/)

[V.E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/v-e-schwab-4952_rule-the-world_he-didn-t-want-to-rule-the-world-he-only_603306.jpg)

> [I could have lived anywhere in the world now if I wanted to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-could-have-lived-anywhere-in-the-world-now-if-i-wanted-to/)

[Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/arundhati-roy-346_anywhere_i-could-have-lived-anywhere-in-the-world_150643.png)

> [I saw the EDM world and wanted to be in that more than the hip-hop world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riff-raff/i-saw-the-edm-world-and-wanted-to-be-in-that-more-than-the-hip-hop/)

[Riff Raff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riff-raff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/riff-raff-3013_hip-hop_i-saw-the-edm-world-and-wanted-to-be-in_323994.png)

> [“The world wanted to see him break. But he was unbreakable!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avijeet-das/the-world-wanted-to-see-him-break-but-he-was-unbreakable/)

[Avijeet Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avijeet-das/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/avijeet-das-802_deep-thoughts_the-world-wanted-to-see-him-break-but-he_1422827.jpg)

> [“He was the last person in the world she wanted to get away from.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-derting/he-was-the-last-person-in-the-world-she-wanted-to-get-away-from/)

[Kimberly Derting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-derting/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/kimberly-derting-2436_quote_he-was-the-last-person-in-the-world-she_1159059.jpg)

> [“i could be anything in the world but i wanted to be his”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupi-kaur/i-could-be-anything-in-the-world-but-i-wanted-to-be-his/)

[Rupi Kaur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupi-kaur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/rupi-kaur-909_the-sun-and-her-flow_i-could-be-anything-in-the-world-but-i-w_298399.jpg)

> [“If she would give the world what it wanted, it would deify her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-rosen/if-she-would-give-the-world-what-it-wanted-it-would-deify-her/)

[Marjorie Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-rosen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c7/marjorie-rosen-260102_wanted_if-she-would-give-the-world-what-it-want_731711.jpg)

> [I had the global outlook that I really wanted to capture the world. I would like the attention of the world at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/i-had-the-global-outlook-that-i-really-wanted-to-capture-the-world-i/)

[Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/jimmy-cliff-6895_attention_i-had-the-global-outlook-that-i-really-w_875892.png)

> [You know, it's not the world I would have wanted, for sure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/you-know-it-s-not-the-world-i-would-have-wanted-for-sure/)

[Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/anthony-bourdain-649_knows_you-know-it-s-not-the-world-i-would-have_558829.jpg)

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