Wished Quotes

663 Wished quotes by 517 unique authors

The act of sending a letter is an act of generosity, even if, in retrospect, it might seem reckless. Why regret one's generosity? Why regret… — Joyce Carol Oates
I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly — Ulysses S. Grant
At one time or another all normal people have wished their loved ones were dead. — Albert Camus
Taro came into the room, strands of hair flying free of the tie at the back of his skull, sweat plastering his cream-colored shirt against… — Moira J. Moore
When two people were in love you had to leave them to it. Especially when you weren't in love and wished that you were. That… — Irvine Welsh
You should not take old people who are already dead seriously. It does them injustice. We immortals do not like things to be taken seriously.… — Hermann Hesse
Someday you'll remember what I said and you'll thank me for it." Francie wished adults would stop telling her that. Already the load of thanks… — Betty Smith
I wished she'd been smart enough, or loving enough, to realize everybody has burdens that crush them, only they don't give up their children. — Sue Monk Kidd
Through [my friends] I discovered what it was to love people. There was an art to it...which was not really all that different from the… — Lucy Grealy
Dad, you played rounders with me, even though you hated it and wished I'd take up cricket. You learned how to keep a stamp collecion… — Jenny Downham
We studied our angels for a few moments more, looking at where we had lain side by side in that sweet, quiet moment. I wished… — Richelle Mead
Although I have been through all that I have, I do not regret the many hardships I met, because it was they who brought me… — Paulo Coelho
The hemulen woke up slowly and recognised himself and wished he had been someone he didn't know. — Tove Jansson
She wished she hadn't succumbed to irritation. Because she wanted to know about his inner feelings. She always thought people were like pieces of art… — Christina Dodd
I wished that the chains would break and the wind would sweep me up, up, up into the sky, beyond the clouds, beyond the sun… — Mary Downing Hahn
Life was about spending time together , about having the time to walk together holding hands, talking quietly as the sun go down. It wasn't… — Nicholas Sparks
a most excellent man, though I could have wished his trousers not quite so tight in some places and not quite so loose in others. — Charles Dickens
The great teachers fill you up with hope and shower you with a thousand reasons to embrace all aspects of life. I wanted to follow… — Pat Conroy
Have you ever happened, reader, to feel that subtle sorrow of parting with an unloved abode? The heart does not break, as it does in… — Vladimir Nabokov
If he had to have strange powers, Aden wished they could have been more like hers. That voodoo voice would have made his life a… — Gena Showalter
Government! Three-fourths parasitic and the rest stupid fumbling - oh, Harshaw concluded that man, a social animal, could not avoid government, any more than an… — Robert A. Heinlein
Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was. — Garth Nix
When I was six years old I sprinkled sugar on my head, convinced myself it was pixie dust, wished myself invisible, and walked into the… — Janet Evanovich
The desert could not be claimed or owned — it was a piece of cloth carried by winds, never held down by stones, and given… — Michael Ondaatje
Emma dropped the paper. Her first impression was of a weak feeling in her stomach and in her knees; then of blind guilt, of unreality,… — Jorge Luis Borges

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