Wished Quotes

663 Wished quotes by 517 unique authors

I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written. — Barbara Kingsolver
I wished I could share my own optimism. — Jasper Fforde
She'd lost her fury, somewhere, as they'd talked. She didn't feel it anymore. She wished she did, because she preferred it to the emptiness that… — Kristin Cashore
I heard an airplane passing overhead. I wished I was on it. — Charles Bukowski
I once had a dreams of becoming a beautiful poet, but upon an unfortunate series of events some of those dreams dashed and divided like… — Lana Del Rey
And yet I understood the alienation of being around others who couldn't really see you or chose not to. I'd felt the self-loathing that came… — Sylvia Day
A man may daydream of how he would spend a million dollars, but playing the same game with a billion dollars sours the fantasy. There… — Holly Black
Sometimes I felt as if there were no tomorrows, that everything, my whole life, was crammed into one long day. A continuous stretch of meaningless… — Julie Anne Peters
Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them. If you… — Napoleon Hill
I really wished he hadn't made me hate to read the Bible. Having it shoved down my throat all my life had made me bitter… — Abbi Glines
I wished I could be alone in my room, with my books, away from these people. — Khaled Hosseini
Life was an uncertain thing, and there were some moments one wished to remember, to imprint upon one's mind that the memory might be taken… — Cassandra Clare
Will had shrugged once, helplessly. He had almost wished Jem would be angry with him. It would have been easier. He'd never felt so small… — Cassandra Clare
When I saw my wife again standing by the tracks as the train came in by the piled logs at the station, I wished I… — Ernest Hemingway
The dear girl, I fear, may be contemplating some alarming, disruptive perhaps dangerous project. In which case, I would naturally do all in my power… — Lloyd Alexander
At least her last words to him had been words of love. But she wished she'd told him just how much she loved him. How… — Kristin Cashore
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately... — Henry David Thoreau
I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead. — J D Salinger
She wished she could visit Mariam's grave, to sit with her awhile, leave a flower or two. But she sees now that it doesn't matter.… — Khaled Hosseini
She wore a dress Ronan thought looked like a lampshade. Whatever sort of lamp it belonged on, Gansey clearly wished he had one. Ronan wasn't… — Maggie Stiefvater
Cath wished she didn't use the word "just" so much. It was her passive-aggressive tell, like someone who twitched when they were lying. — Rainbow Rowell
He wished that they could go through life like this. That he could physically put himself between Eleanor and the world. — Rainbow Rowell
He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own. — Confucius
There are children who will leave a game to go and be bored in a corner of the garret. How often have I wished for… — Gaston Bachelard
I looked at the ceiling and wished this life was over. This unhappy life that had started out so confidently. I thought I would sleep… — Stephen King

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