Wished Quotes

663 Wished quotes by 517 unique authors

They are all I have left—the stars and the memory of the many times I wished upon them. But with all those wishes, I asked… — Christopher Pike
The sun was hot on my skin, too bright as it bounced off the white concrete and blinded me. I felt dangerously exposed. More fiercely… — Stephenie Meyer
He looked at her as a man looks at a faded flower he has gathered, with difficulty recognizing in it the beauty for which he… — Leo Tolstoy
I'd accepted a while ago that there were too many reasons for me to even think about him romantically anymore. Every once in a while,… — Richelle Mead
She read it again. It was fascinating and surreal, like reading a diary that had been hers when she was a teenager, secret and heartfelt… — Lisa Genova
She knew that this was happiness, this was living as she had always wished to live. — Daphne du Maurier
I never had, or wished for, power over you. That isn't true, of course. I wanted the greatest power of all. but not advantage, or… — Shirley Hazzard
I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen… — Therese of Lisieux
People can do great things. However, there are somethings they just can't do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a… — Brandon Sanderson
He wished he could arrange a maiming as a kind of moral lesson — John Irving
There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt… — Alexandre Dumas
He screamed for all he had lost...screamed for the half male he was...screamed for Jane...screamed for who his parents were and what he wished for… — J R Ward
...To free humanity of time. For time is the great enslaver of us all. Time that ages us, time that limits us. Think how often… — Robin Hobb
These dreams reminded me that, since I wished some day to become a writer, it was high time to decide what sort of books I… — Marcel Proust
Viktor was swinging a leather duffle and wearing a black Adidas tracksuit and his favorite brown UGG slippers with a hole in the toe. "Worn… — Lisi Harrison
Wishes are slippery things. You have to be very specific or you can get exactly what you wished for and still end up with nothing. — Cynthia Lord
When your beauty struck me, it dissolved me. Deep down, I am not different from you. I dreamed you, I wished for your existence. I… — Anais Nin
Beauty loved him more than anything, her Beast boy, but, secretly, sometimes, she wished he would have remained a Beast. — Francesca Lia Block
Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. Never would you have wished such beauty away. — Jennifer Donnelly
She wished she could talk as he did. His speech was so quick and easy. It sounded as if he liked her and was not… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
You could miss someone, but it did no good to fixate on loss. I wished I had the ready words of a Breeder or the… — Ann Aguirre
Well, I didn't need them. I didn't need anyone. I was Lola Rose. I just wished I looked more like my idea of Lola Rose. — Jacqueline Wilson
When prayers were ended, and his Mother had wished him good-night with that long steady look of hers which conveyed no expression of the tenderness… — Elizabeth Gaskell
I love you,” Bill said helplessly, as if he wished those magic words would heal me. But he knew they wouldn’t. “That’s what you all… — Charlaine Harris
We sat in silence, both of us looking up at the stars. He was probably envisioning a machine headed for Pluto. I wished i was… — Elizabeth Chandler

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