#wishes

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits. ↗

— Anna Pavlova

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Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the same horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#men #wishes #women #death

I once had a dreams of becoming a beautiful poet, but upon an unfortunate series of events some of those dreams dashed and divided like a million stars in the night sky that I wished on over and over again, sparkling and broken. But I didn't really mind, because I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted, and then losing it to know what true freedom is. ↗

— Lana Del Rey

#broken #dreams #elizabeth-woolridge-grant #freedom #life

You could not be filled with hate and be beautiful. Like any other girl, I wanted to be beautiful. But I was filled with hate. ↗

— Alice Sebold

#beauty #hate #wishes #beauty

the whole point of the wish business was to see to it that what the client got was exactly what he asked for and exactly what he didn't really want. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#business

Wishes of one's old life wither and shrivel like old leaves if they are not replaced with new wishes when the world changes. And the world always changes. Wishes get slimy, and their colors fade, and soon they are just mud, like all the rest of the mud, and not wishes at all, but regrets. The trouble is, not everyone can tell when they ought to launder their wishes. Even when one finds oneself in Fairyland and not at home at all, it is not always so easy to remember to catch the world in it's changing and change with it. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#wishes #change

Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes. ↗

— Mary Martin

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