Wished Quotes

663 Wished quotes by 517 unique authors

There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so… — Terry Pratchett
I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get… — Frederick Douglass
What I wished more than anything was that the thing hadn't happened at all, and I thought that by not mentioning it I'd be doing… — Kazuo Ishiguro
I’m driving,” Louis-Cesare said, sliding into the low seat as easily as if he’d done it a hundred times. “You’re drunk.” I wished. “I had… — Karen Chance
He only wished to fight and cultivate an anger toward me, thus alleviating his guilt, but I would not abet him in this. — Patrick deWitt
He flipped the dail, and I crossed my arms over my chest as some vaguely European-sounding band sang about how video had killed the radio… — Richelle Mead
Alcohol was for people who basically wished to be dead but lacked the courage to kill themselves. — MacDonald Harris
Sometimes Chris wished he could sneak a peek at the back of the book, so to speak, and see how it was all going to… — Jodi Picoult
He felt that he was himself and did not wish to be anyone else. He only wished now to be better than he had been… — Leo Tolstoy
She wished she could understand her reaction to him. Why, her heart was pacing a wild beat again. Madelyne dared a quick look up and… — Julie Garwood
After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Someone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track and cried like a baby.… — Louis Zamperini
She wished she were as inconsequential as the ghosts in her dreams. — Libba Bray
I have wished you something None of the others would.... — Philip Larkin
Sukhvinder wished that she could be more like Krystal: funny and tough; impossible to intimidate; always coming out fighting. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I deeply wished I could make the stars all come down and breathe them; disappear in them — Alfred de Musset
May you be ordinary, as the poet once wished the new-born baby. — Julian Barnes
When he held her that way, she felt so happy that it disturbed her. After he left, it would take her hours to fall asleep,… — Mary Gaitskill
He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he… — Jess Walter
and there had been times when he wished he'd been born into a different family. — Nicholas Sparks
When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought… — Norton Juster
I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead. The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and… — Mark Twain
The stars crossed and The Boy wished he could have hung himself on them. — Pete Wentz
...People would make the decisions they wished to make and some of them would hurt both themselves and those who loved them, and some would… — Rachel Joyce
... the devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for ... — Tucker Max

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