“A friend of mine once sent me a post card with a picture of the entire planet Earth taken from space. On the back it said, 'Wish you were here.”
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Letter to J. N.
The Road to Revolution (2008)

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2008

“We'll play jacks and Uno cards
I'll be your best friend
And you'll be mine”
"Big Girls Don't Cry" (2006), from The Dutchess.

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Cedit item retro, de terra quod fuit ante,
in terras.
Book II, lines 999–1000 (tr. Bailey)
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“"Wish You Were Here" on Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd, 1975)”

“I wish you were here
I wish you were here
To see what I could see
To hear
And I wish you were here”
"Stranger in a Strange Land"
Lyrics, October (1981)