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Wish Quotes - Page 25

Every fear hides a wish.

David Mamet (2015). “Mamet Plays: 2: Reunion; Dark Pony; A Life in the Theatre; The Woods; Lakeboat; Edmond”, p.286, Bloomsbury Publishing

The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.

Charles Simic (2015). “The Life of Images: Selected Prose”, p.21, Harper Collins

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Benjamin Franklin “Poor Richard Day by Day”, Lulu.com

I wish I knew where I was going. Doomed to be carried of the spirit into the wilderness, I suppose. I wish I could be more moderate in my desires, but I cannot, and so there is no rest.

John Muir (2015). “JOHN MUIR Ultimate Collection: Travel Memoirs, Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies & Letters (Illustrated): Picturesque California, The Treasures of the Yosemite, Our National Parks, Steep Trails, Travels in Alaska, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf, Save the Redwoods, The Cruise of the Corwin and more”, p.1988, e-artnow

The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes.

Susan Sontag (2008). “Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963”, Farrar, Straus and Giroux