Quote by Claire Messud

“Something will happen eventually, and when it does, I'll be bound to wish it hadn't”

— Kristin Cashore

“It's no good wishing for the impossible. Don't wish. Remember. Remembrances are real.”

— Michael Morpurgo

“In the days when wishing was having, I got what I wished and then I wish I hadn't.”

— Emma Donoghue

“I wish none of this had happened.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The whole idea of wishing is screwed up.” “That didn’t stop you from making your wish,” I point out.”

— Chelsea Sedoti

“The worst thing you can do is rest all your hopes on a wish. A granted wish doesn't equal a perfect life.”

— Dia Reeves

“Wishing just brought earned disappointment.”

— John Steinbeck

“Quick make a wish. Take a (second or third or fourth) chance. Remake the world.”

— Jandy Nelson

“Probably still believed that if you wished hard enough you could make the impossible happen.”

— Jacqueline Woodson

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

— Jennifer McMahon

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

— Nina LaCour

“I don't believe in wishes coming true. But if I do, what would I wish for? Normally I have such willpower. Like a dieter…

— Gayle Forman