Quotes of: Wished Keyword

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

Tom Farrell had always wished Hell on his boss. On New Years Eve... Hell sent someone. -Along For The Ride-

Midnight Never Ends

Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.

Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

We are now living in an age which doubts both fact and value. It is the life of this age that we wish to see and judge.

Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

Evil people can still keep promises. Many have done just that, girl, though they are usually not promises you ‘rational’ people wish them to keep.

Melody's Room

You are your own beginning. Every day, every hour, every minute, you start again. There is no point wishing you were someone else, you are who you are—start there.

Music for Torching

Sometimes I wish I could sneak a peek into that mind of yours and see what you’re thinking. Especially when you smile at me like that. ~ Oliver Sand

The Muse Unlocked

Ruth wiped her eyes. Successful at a price? Forgiven but damaged? She wished so much more for her baby sister.

A Memory Between Us

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universe, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.

Notebooks

Holy hell," Shawn whispered, his eyes glued to Ziang's front. Particularly to what Ziang have between his legs. "Dude, where's your dick?

Nighttime Wishes

The essence in obedience consists in the fact that a person comes to view himself as an instrument for carrying out another person's wishes and he therefore no longer regards himself as responsible for his actions.

Obedience to Authority

You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.

For One More Day

This little girl's grown up by now," she said. Almost. Not quite. I wish you all a long and happy life.

The Lovely Bones

Not to do as the child wishes would be wrong because he is born on a path, and it would be evil, a crime against nature to make him deny his spirit.

The Last Crossing

... the Iroquois take dreams very seriously. They see them as the secret wishes of the soul--the heart's desire, so to speak. Not all dreams, maybe, but the important ones. [p.254]

The Lake of Dreams

Beware what you wish for, unless you have the grace to hope that your luck can be shared.

Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays

In her spare time she scribbled her thoughts, wishes and dreams, life and times. It kept her sane despite her loneliness.

Life... Love... Kumbh...

If the library in the morning suggests an echo of the severe and reasonable wishful order of the world, the library at night seems to rejoice in the world's essential, joyful muddle.

The Library at Night

Should I tell her of the moments of joy, the intense pleasure of holding the hand of the one you love and wishing that time would stand still?

Lilly's Wedding Quilt

I thought about being a teacher for three thousand years. It wouldn’t have made my Top Ten Things to Wish For list.

The Lightning Thief

It was as natural as breathing to all human beings, and to all warm-blooded creatures, for that matter, to wish quick deaths for monsters. This was an instinct.

Slapstick or Lonesome No More!