Wanting Quotes
1660 quotes by 1326 authors
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It's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
— John Steinbeck
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Go figure that. Joseph Morelli with a house, a dog, a steady job, and an SUV. And on odd days of the month he woke…
— Janet Evanovich
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It's the wanting to know that makes us matter.
— Tom Stoppard
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The tourists always seem to want something. On Thisby, it's less about wanting, and more about being." I wonder after I say it if he'll…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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If one partner gives himself completely, he breaks down the barriers of the other, however strong they may be. Because the act of giving means:…
— Paulo Coelho
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A person didn’t need to be beautiful, they just needed to be loved. But I couldn’t help wanting it. If that was the way I…
— Janet Fitch
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There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.
— Augusten Burroughs
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His gaze narrowed and she could see his hands twitching again like he’d love nothing more than to throttle her. She was beginning to think…
— Maya Banks
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Style comes from knowing who you are and who you want to be in the world; it does not come from wanting to be somebody…
— Nina Garcia
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...women who 'adjust' as housewives, who grow up wanting to be 'just a housewife,' are in as much danger as the millions who walked to…
— Betty Friedan
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I wrapped my arms around me as tightly as I could, and stared up at the stars. Had I not been so cold and wanting…
— Lucy Christopher
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There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be with someone,†I said diplomatically. Unless that person turns your world upside down and makes you lose all…
— Richelle Mead
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He killed himself for wanting to live.
— Markus Zusak
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A relieved grin filled up Thorne’s face. “We’re having another moment, aren’t we?†“If by a moment, you mean me not wanting to strangle you…
— Marissa Meyer
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Maxon, this is my gift to you. I promise I will make every effort to see these girls through your eyes. Not the eyes of…
— Kiera Cass
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It’s okay. I’m used to people not wanting me at their parties.†I pushed to my feet. The stars seemed to twirl a bit with…
— J. Lynn
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Hazel Grace,†he said. “Hi,†I said. “How are you?†“Grand,†he said. “I have been wanting to call you on a nearly minutely basis,…
— John Green
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Here I am...wanting to accomplish something and completely forgetting it must all end--that there is such a thing as death.
— Leo Tolstoy
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As I walked back to civilization, I realized that for the first time in the six months I had known Curran, we had managed to…
— Ilona Andrews
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He found himself wanting to write poetry about how her blue eyes were like starlight and her hair like night, because "night" and "starlight" rhymed,…
— Cassandra Clare
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