The-bear-and-the-nightingale Quote by Katherine Arden

“I wish and you wish, but God does as he wills.”

— Sylvia Whitman

“But I think you should be careful, Batyushka, that God does not speak in the voice of your own wishing. We have never needed…

— Katherine Arden

“Maybe that’s all that praying was, she thought, just wishing good outcomes on other people.”

— Katharine McGee

“Don't you get it?' said Max. 'You're not praying, you're just... wishing. And wishes don't come true.”

— Peter Clines

“...if you want to talk to God, it's best to do it where you don't have to shout to have yourself heard.”

— M.J. Rose

“be careful what you say. The gods may not be the only ones listening.”

— George R.R. Martin

“... wishing that I were one of those people who say all the right things at all the right times. But I'm not. Instead,…

— K. Bromberg

“I would never say that GOD did not do anything I wished for he made it come true.”

— Nadair Desmar

“Whatever you wish for, you can have, if only you can wait prayerfully.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“If you don't care, don't pray. Personally I wouldn't leave it up to chance.”

— Shidorr Myrick-Gayer

“I knew what he was saying, and I wished to God he was someone else, someone who didn't have to say things out loud.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“God, too, I wrote, wishes we’d come to Him. But we humans prefer our silly playthings.”

— Shulem Deen