We Wanted Quotes

372 quotes by 321 authors

That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we knew always fell short of what we… — Sarah Dessen
Look at me!" I roar. "Do you think you'll be the first I've killed today? I wasn't a murderer, but you changed me. I'm a… — Darren Shan
You married Elora?â€ â€œYes, briefly.â€ Oren emphasized how fleeting it had been. â€œWe were wed because we thought it would be a good way to… — Amanda Hocking
Even if neither of us got what we wanted, we found freedom in the third choices. — David Levithan
It was because all we wanted was each other's constant love and attention and for no one else to receive that love and attention, which… — Anthony Kiedis
We'd traveled, we'd been to lots of parties, lots of movies and concerts, we'd slept in. We'd done all those things that people with children… — Liane Moriarty
We learned we wanted too much. We could only give from the perspective of who we were and what we had. Apart, we were able… — Patti Smith
Perhaps because the origins of a certain kind of love lie in an impulse to escape ourselves and out weaknesses by an alliance with the… — Alain de Botton
We wanted to test each other's capacity for survival: only if we had tried in vain to destroy one another would we know we were… — Alain de Botton
There were many good years. Good decades, good centuries. We believed we were living in paradise. Perhaps that was our downfall. We wanted our lives… — Robert Jordan
We wanted the freedom to love. We wanted the freedom to choose. Now we have to fight for it. — Lauren Oliver
We wanted, it seemed, what we already had, a lover and a friend to create with, side by side. To be loyal, yet be free. — Patti Smith
We can never change the story that made us what we are. It's a story accumulated by the manifold complexities-its capacity for astonishment and horror,… — Douglas Kennedy
We want you. We wanted you yesterday, we want you today and we'll want you tomorrow. There's nothing you could do to change that. — Alexandra Bracken
For far too long we have been seduced into walking a path that did not lead us to ourselves. For far too long we have… — Terry Tempest Williams
There was a time in our lives when we were so close that nothing seemed to obstruct our friendship and brotherhood, and only a small… — Irvin D. Yalom
It was easier when all we wanted to do was eat them and take their stuff,â€ he grumbled. And it had been easier when he… — Anne Bishop
So you see how endlessly futile and fruitless it would be if we wanted to refute their objections every time they obstinately resolved not to… — Saint Augustine
We wanted a periodical that would help people live richer, fuller, freer, more self-directed lives. — Unknown Author
There are too many false things in the world, and I don't want to be a part of them. If you say what you think,… — Johnny Bench

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