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Michael, "I never expected the wish to come true."The Trout, "Great Oceans! Why bother to wish it, t...

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P. L. TraversMary Poppins Opens the Door

But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of day, even though she knew that nothing g...

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Patrick RothfussThe Slow Regard of Silent Things

She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her moo...

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Patrick RothfussThe Slow Regard of Silent Things

But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.

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Patrick RothfussThe Slow Regard of Silent Things

But time given to wishing for what can't be is not only spent, but wasted, and for all that we waste...

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(Dreams drain the spirit if we dream too long.)

No use wishing now for any other sin.

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are still alive. There are certain ...

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Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it.

Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people, and finally I did on the open road.We had nothin...

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I once had a dreams of becoming a beautiful poet, but upon an unfortunate series of events some of t...

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Solitude and reflection are necessary to give to wishes the force of passions.

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Mary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Who misses what they have never, ever even imagined?