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Quotes About Wish

No, God won't have the satisfaction that I shall,' he returned. 'I only wish I knew the best way! Let me alone, and I'll plan it out: while I'm thinking of that, I don't feel pain.
~ Emily Bronte
And then to dwell in sovereign barns, And dream the days away,— The grass so little has to do, I wish I were the hay!
~ Emily Dickinson
I wish you a calmer sea
~ Emily Dickinson
Don't you wish we could pick the people we love? Yeah, I say. Or just make the people we love want the same things we want.
~ Emily Giffin
so much of how we see the world is a matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and wanting and hoping rather than really deep-down believing.
~ Emily Giffin
I don't know what a carbuncle is, but it doesn't sound pleasant. I wish one upon Rachel's nose.
~ Emily Giffin
thinking that so much of how we see the world is a matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and wanting and hoping rather than really deep-down believing.
~ Emily Giffin
Your songs are still out there on the clifftop, hanging in the air for you when you want them. Wish to speak and you will speak, girl. Wish to die and you can do it. Wish to live and here you are.
~ Emma Donoghue
He's a gem, sir. I wish I had one just like him. He rattled the ring of keys on Artemis's belt. And what are these? Artemis scratched his head. Uh, keys?
~ Eoin Colfer
All we can hope for is that he will fall into the ocean with a bar of soap in his pocket.
~ Eoin Colfer
The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass.
~ Epictetus
And can you be forced by anyone to desire something against your will? 'No.
~ Epictetus
Transfer caution to the will and the functions of the will, and the mere wish will bring with it the power of avoidance. But if we direct it at what is outside us and is none of our responsibility, wanting instead to avoid what's in the control of others, we are necessarily going to meet with fear, upset and confusion.
~ Epictetus
I wished for you to be born a daughter though we know that daughters cannot but be born for burning like the fatal tree.
~ Erica Jong
Maybe she will make our wishes come true before we burn her.
~ Erica Jong
For pity's sake, you are lying in a coffin, Mrs. Crofton. Unless you wish to be buried, I strongly suggest that you resurrect yourself immediately.
~ Amanda Quick
you do not arrive only at your destination. At every stage of the journey you arrive somewhere and with every step you can discover a hidden facet of our planet. All you have to do is look, wish, believe and love.
~ Amin Maalouf
Although I won't pretend our paths are likely to cross, I hope you know that I will be delighted if they do.
~ Amy Bloom
Just once in my life--oh, when have I ever wanted anything just once in my life?
~ Amy Hempel
I am a slow reader, and fast eater; I wish it were the other way around.
~ Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Ellery couldn't ask for anything more. In his entire life, he couldn't recall ever wanting anything with the purity and the passion that he wanted time, so much more time, with Jackson.
~ Amy Lane
Poco después, llegó el día de la Primera Comunión. Fue un día muy agitado. Me vistieron de blanco, con un velo también blanco. Me habían dicho que tenía que pedir por todo el mundo, pero nadie me decía qué es lo que tenía que pedir para todo el mundo. Así que pedí para mí, y pedí un caballo vivo. Nunca me lo trajeron.
~ Ana María Matute
Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.
~ Anatole France
I'm one of those guys who would like to weigh about 115 pounds for a couple of hours in the afternoon and then go back to my own size about 5 o'clock.
~ Richie Allen