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Wishful Quotes (page 35)

MARIA: But unluckily that iron gate, that Ha, Ha, give me a feeling of restraint and hardship. I cannot get out, as the starling said. HENRY: And for the world you would not get out without the key and without Mr. Rushworth's authority and protection, or I think you might with little difficulty pass round the edge of the gate, here, with my assistance; I think it might be done, if you really wished to be more at large, and could allow yourself to think it not prohibited. Jane Austen
Tomorrow's a hunting day," I say. "I won't be much of a help with that," Peeta says. "I've never hunted before."I'll kill and you cook," I say. "And you can always gather."I wish there was some sort of bread bush out there," says Peeta. Suzanne Collins
I wish I hadn't cried so much!” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears ! Lewis Carroll
Milan Kundera quote: "How she wished she could learn lightness!"
How she wished she could learn lightness! Milan Kundera
In place of practising wholesome self-abnegation, we ever make the wish the father to the thought: we receive as friendly that which agrees with, we resist with dislike that which opposes us; whereas the very reverse is required by every dictate of common sense. Michael Faraday
William Shakespeare quote: "When you do dance, I wish you a wave o' the sea, that you..."
When you do dance, I wish you a wave o' the sea, that you might ever do nothing but that. William Shakespeare
All that we know about those we have loved and lost is that they would wish us to remember them with a more intensified realization of their reality. What is essential does not die but clarifies. The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder
Ernest Hemingway quote: "I wish it had been a dream now and that I had never hooked the..."
I wish it had been a dream now and that I had never hooked the fish and was alone in bed on the newspapers. Ernest Hemingway
John Ray quote: "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride"
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride John Ray
Because it is a customary cross, As die to love as thoughts, and dreams, and sighs, Wishes, and tears, poor fancy's followers. William Shakespeare
He wished he knew what to say to make her feel better, but the truth was, he didn’t feel all that great himself and he didn’t know if there were even any words in the English language to take away this kind of stunning shock, this understanding that the world isn’t the place you thought it was. Jodi Picoult
Perhaps the House had heard Harvey wishing for a full moon, because when he and Wendell traipsed upstairs and looked out the landing window, there--hanging between the bare branches of the trees--was a moon as wide and as white as a dead man's smile. Clive Barker
Barack Obama quote: "I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers."
I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers. Barack Obama
Ludwig von Mises quote: "He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with..."
He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with the course of events and with the shaping of his own destiny. Ludwig von Mises
The great teachers fill you up with hope and shower you with a thousand reasons to embrace all aspects of life. I wanted to follow Mr. Monte around for the rest of my life, learning everything he wished to share of impart, but I didn't know how to ask. Pat Conroy

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