“It's impossible to compete with the dead. I wished I could stop trying.”

“I realized suddenly that I was in an impossible situation, and there was really no way out. No acceptable way. I could not go on — so I stopped.”

““I wish…” she said, and stopped. There was nothing that could be gained by wishing for it. A final deep shaky breath, and she was ready to go on.”

“I wish I was dead,
And lay deep in the grave.
I've a pain in my head,
I wish I was dead.
In a coffin of lead—
With the Wise and the Brave—
I wish I was dead,
And lay deep in the grave.”

“It was a clear, starry night, dead calm. Whenever I see a sky
like that, I wish I could write music”

“I wished she’d never stop squeezing me. I wished I could spend the rest of my life as a child, being slightly crushed by someone who loved me.”

“No one is competing with me and I am not trying to compete with anyone, I am looking for excellence and uniqueness in my work.”

“I wish she was dead,' he says. 'I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best.”

“Not for the first time, I wished both of us could just say what we meant. But that, like so much else, was impossible”

“I wish people who sell things would stop trying to guess how many of something we want to buy. I want to buy things one at a time.”