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Quotes About Wishes

Some children of borderlines secretly wish that their mother would die, not because they hate her, but because living with her seems impossible.
~ Christine Ann Lawson
Christmas time means dreams
~ Christine Daniels
God bless you, in case you sneeze.
~ Christopher Fry
Last summer I spent almost an hour blowing dandelions off their stems towards him, so that he had a chance to wish for everything he wanted.
~ Helen Oyeyemi
I am here only to be truly helpful. I am here to represent Him Who sent me. I do not have to worry about what to say or what to do, because He Who sent me will direct me. I am content to be wherever He wishes, knowing He goes there with me. I will be healed as I let Him teach me to heal.
~ Helen Schucman
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
Freedom! What is freedom for? Happiness is only in loving and wishing her wishes, thinking her thoughts, that is to say, not freedom at all — that's happiness!" "But do I know her ideas, her wishes, her feelings?" some voice suddenly whispered to him. The smile died away from his face, and he grew thoughtful. And suddenly a strange feeling came upon him. There came over him a dread and doubt — doubt of everything.
~ Leo Tolstoy
Freedom? What is the good of freedom? Happiness consists only in loving and desiring: in wishing her wishes and in thinking her thoughts, which means having no freedom whatever; that is happiness!
~ Leo Tolstoy
everybody wants a box of chocolates and a long-stemmed rose
~ Leonard Cohen
Wishes are for children," Jane Chatwin said. "I grew up.
~ Lev Grossman
We hunt the White Stag, like Quentin did. We catch it or shoot it or whatever you do with it. We get three wishes. We wish Fillory would last forever and not die. Done. Mischief managed." Eliot
~ Lev Grossman
There is something which unites magic and applied science while separating both from the wisdom of earlier ages. For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality, and the solution had been knowledge, self-discipline, and virtue. For magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men.
~ lewis c s vii
That morning I got a telegram from Bob Dylan—"Happy Birthday, Jann. How does it feel? Now you know. Bob.
~ Jann S. Wenner
God's work is freedom. Freedom is dear to his heart. He wishes to make man's will free, and at the same time wishes it to be pure, majestic, and holy.
~ Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Seine Gedanken oder plötzlichen Wünsche flogen wie die Laune des Meeres über das Wasser, mal hierhin, mal dorthin, und er lebte ununterbrochen in einer stillen Spannung.
~ Tove Jansson
Toivokaamme hänelle hyvää teltanpaikkaa ja kevyttä sydäntä!
~ Tove Jansson
Good luck," Nautilus said. "You too," said Turtle. "I hope you die," Avalanche said to Peril.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
It matters not how we were brought up. What determines our way of acting is the manner in which we administrate our will. A man is the sum of all his wishes, which determine his way of living and dying.
~ Paulo Coelho
merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again
~ Unknown
[The sensate body possesses] an art of interrogating the sensible according to its own wishes, an inspired exegesis.
~ Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Be Wise, Be Lucky, Be Kind, Be Loving, Be Loved, Be Happy, all my wishes for you for wonderful lives and keep the love that we share close to you always, just as I cherish you. with all my heart and love
~ Danielle Steel
May your lives be filled with joy and hope, and may you be blessed in every way. And may you always know how much I love you. Mommy/
~ Danielle Steel
May all your fairytales be real, May evil never touch you
~ Danielle Steel
Thinking in a concentrated manner to define desired outcomes is something few people feel they have to do. But in truth, outcome thinking is one of the most effective means available for making wishes reality.
~ David Allen