Quote by Amy Tan

“Wishes left on your lips The mark of their wings. Regrets fly kites in your eyes.”

— Carl Sandburg

“I imagine what would happen if everyone turned their regrets into wishes, went around shouting them.”

— Nina LaCour

“Sometimes what wishes do...especially the big, big wishes, is churn up all the confusion and longing that sloshes around forever inside of you.”

— Susan Patron

“. . . wishes are like magnifying glasses they enlarge and focus an intention that is already inside us.”

— Stephen Mitchell

“Wishing can be dangerous business. And dreaming only makes reality harder to accept.”

— Lara Adrian

“Whatever you wish for wish carefully, and make sure it comes from your heart. Those are the only wishes that count.”

— Alexandra Bullen

“If you make a wish and if you keep on making the same wish, it will be granted. That's how strong human wishes are.”

— Clamp

“... wishing that I were one of those people who say all the right things at all the right times. But I'm not. Instead,…

— K. Bromberg

“I wonder if it's only me who hates wishes. If there are other people who think wishes are thoughts that hurt.”

— Sue Wallman

“We can't change things by wishing. Only by doing.”

— Jennifer McMahon

“I wish my wish would not be granted!”

— Douglas R. Hofstadter

“I wish nature's magical things with my little moist wings!!”

— Shasika Amali Munasinghe