Humor Quote by Robin McKinley

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

— Emma Donoghue

“It was strange to experience in one night the difference between wanting something you cannot have and having something you cannot want. I wished…

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

“My life came to a standstill. I could breathe, eat, drink and sleep, and I could not help doing these things; but there was…

— Leo Tolstoy

“If wishes could be granted ,if desires could be fulfilled ,then I wouldn't wish or desire for anything after all. The things you’re handed…

— Ishab Shrestha aka. Vincent Lazarus Helsing

“Did you think a wishing well would be full of noble feelings? A wish is pure desire, Lizzy. You're old enough to know that…

— Jake Wyatt

“Oh, the time we spent alone The hours wishing we could have it back again Lie in bed awake wishing for each other”

— Alysha Speer

“Hope had become almost a curse to her. She wished there need be no such thing. Ha, the torment of hoping, and the insult…

— D.H. Lawrence

She wondered again about her inclination to wish for things that made her so deeply unhappy.

— Ann Brashares

“Did you ever want something so deeply you were scared to let yourself have it? Like a desire so great you know you will…

— Nicole Mones

“Hope erodes slowly, over time, until you wake up one night at three o'clock in the morning and realize: I am not meant for…

— Laura Zigman

“and the evening was so beautiful, that it made a pain in my heart, as when you cannot tell wether you are happy or…

— Margaret Atwood

“I'd spent endless nights wishing things had been different - wishing that ours had been a fairy-tale story. But, it wasn't. It couldn't be.”

— Stephanie Worlton