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Quotes About Wishes

It all comes down, as it must, to the desires of individual men. Oh, and women too of course, bless their empty little heads.
~ Thomas Pynchon
Three wishes Paul had, and they were all about Christ; that he might be found in Christ, be with Christ, and magnify Christ.
~ Thomas Watson
I soon discovered the truth of an old saying: "When God wants to punish you, he grants your wishes.
~ Norton Juster
We live by rules in our land, and the rules are exacting and many. Trials and wishes come in threes, glossy fruit should be avoided, frogs must never be kissed unless you are ready for a commitment, and princesses, at least the warbling kind, should be ever so mindful of their mood swings - it is sunny when we are cheerful, dreary when we are sad, and stormy when we are driven to consult heinous hags in furtive matters of maleficent magic.
~ Olga Grushin
Vielleicht war er ja noch da, irgendwo hinter ihren geschlossenen Lidern, vielleicht klebte ja noch etwas Glueck an ihren Wimpern, wie Goldstaub. Liessen Traeume in den Maerchen nicht manchmal so ertwas zurueck?
~ Cornelia Funke
Sometimes Fox thought all the men she knew had the dreams and wishes of nine-year-old boys—at least all the men she liked.
~ Cornelia Funke
How clear one's own desires become once they are made impossible.
~ Cornelia Funke
It was like a promise that wishes could come true, that desire might lead to more than yearning.
~ Cornelia Funke
They had exchanged sad stories, although both of them longed for one with a happy ending.
~ Cornelia Funke
Good luck tomorrow, everyone. Now hurry back inside
~ Daisy Meadows
The greatest gift you were ever given is your imagination. Within it is the capacity to have all your wishes fulfilled. Look around you. Everything that you can experience with your senses was once in someone's imagination.
~ Wayne W. Dyer
Dear Santa Claus, just a last note before you take off. I hope you have a nice trip. Don't forget to fasten your seat belt.
~ Charles M. Schulz
The problem with a wish list was what it told you about the person who wrote it. If it's honest, it's a rock-bottom, barebones, clear shot all the way to someone's soul. Hats can do the same thing.
~ Charles Martin
This night is my departing night, For here nae longer must I stay; There's neither friend nor foe of mine But wishes me away. What I have done through lack of wit, I never, never can recall: I hope ye're all my friends as yet. Good night, and joy be with you all. Armstrong's Good Night
~ Charlotte Mary Yonge
I'm an organ donor. I filled out the paperwork years ago. Though it's not legally binding, it states my wishes. And the decision still comes down to next of kin. You're my next of kin, Clint. Can I count on you?" "To make sure your organs get donated after we drown?" "No. To make sure they don't." "Bobbi, where's the second tank?" "Do you trust me?" "Not at all.
~ Chelsea Cain
I've got a lot of wishes about it, but you know what they say. 'If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.'" "I've never heard that before in my life, and I'm not sure I even know what it means." "It means that you could spit in one hand and wish in the other, and we all know which hand'll fill up quicker.
~ Cherie Priest
They sipped and shared next to a teapot of whistling wishes and steaming dreams.
~ Terri Guillemets
...and leave wishes to those foolish enough to make them.
~ Terri Guillemets
THE STORY OF ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP
~ Hamilton Wright Mabie
Wishes run over in loquacious impotence, will presses on with laconic energy.
~ lavater johann kaspar ii
Good night, boys, he called kindly. Sweet dreams. Yeah. Sure. Sweet dreams. Sour nightmares was more like it.
~ James Preller
The fast was ended. Like the story he had read to them so many times, of the poor couple who were given three wishes and wasted them, he had not wanted enough. He saw that clearly. When all was said, he had wanted one thing, it was far too small: he had wanted them to grow up in the happiest of homes. One of the last great realizations is that life will not be what you dreamed.
~ James Salter
I will only add, God bless you.
~ Jane Austen
You have no ambition, I well know. Your wishes are all moderate.' 'As moderate as those of the rest of the world, I believe. I wish as well as every body else to be perfectly happy, but like every body else it must be in my own way. Greatness will not make me so.
~ Jane Austen