Best I Hoped Sayings
130 I Hoped quotes by 113 unique authors
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The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him -- I could hit…
— Andre Gide
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I grabbed her, right there outside the lunch room in the swarming mob. I didn't care if others were watching. In fact, i hoped they…
— Jerry Spinelli
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Beauty was deceptive. I would rather wear my pain, my ugliness. I was torn and stitched. I was a strip mine, and they would just…
— Janet Fitch
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You are okay?" he asked. "Not eaten by monsters?" "Not even a little bit." I showed him that I still had both arms and both…
— Rick Riordan
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I think I hoped for something more. Maybe I even hoped that I could find in Richard what I had with Ben. But it is…
— Emily Giffin
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Each memory was brought to life before me and within me. I could not avoid them. Neither could I rationalize, explain away. I could only…
— Richard Matheson
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Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly.…
— Rick Riordan
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He [Ranger] stopped in front of my parents' house, and we both looked to the door. My mother and my grandmother were standing there, watching…
— Janet Evanovich
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Abenthy gave me an appraising look. I'd been waiting for it. It was the look that said, "You don't sound as young as you look."…
— Patrick Rothfuss
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The light made the snowballs look yellow. Or at least I hoped that was the cause.
— Gary D. Schmidt
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Can you ever get off for good behavior?" he joked. I gave him what I hoped was a seductive smile as I found my seat.…
— Richelle Mead
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Across town, over in the East Village, the graffiti was calling for the rich to be eaten, imprisoned, or taxed out of existence. Though it…
— David Sedaris
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I hoped I wasn't actually dead. That would make finding our parents and saving the world really hard.
— James Patterson
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I marveled at them both; how difficult it must be to be a person. To constantly subvert your desires. To worry about doing the right…
— Garth Stein
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We talked through Gillie's life from start to finish, including all her accomplishments and major life events. The woman fell asleep with a dreamy half…
— Maria V. Snyder
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I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never will be.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Me? I slept like the dead, which I hoped wasn’t a sign of things to come.
— Rick Riordan
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Then was ashamed of myself. I should be happy for what I'd been given. I hoped God hadn't noticed my lapse in appreciation.
— Charlaine Harris
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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it and my winter…
— Gabrielle Zevin
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I hoped Lissa remained the only one with a surprise sibling.
— Richelle Mead
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I thought about how unlikely it was I would ever meet any guy,fall in love, get married, have babies. Especially since I was going to…
— Susan Beth Pfeffer
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I hoped that Grace would be a little bit of the best of all of us: Scarlett's spirit, and my mother's strength, Marion's determination, and…
— Sarah Dessen
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It will be as if I'd never existed, he'd promised me. I felt the smooth wooden floor beneath my knees, and then the palms of…
— Stephenie Meyer
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I hoped we never had to realize all the opportunities we missed in this life.
— Elizabeth Berg
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