“I wish. I don’t know what I wish. That you were less I were more, perhaps. Yes, just possibly that’s it”

“I been by myself for a long time I just wish that I could know if I was on your mind Runnin' out of time I just wish that I could know if you were by my side On the day I die, would you even cry?”

Lil Peep (1996–2017) American rapper

“I wish, I wish I were a poisonous bacterium.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

“You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be. One day you will know what that means, perhaps. And you will smile. Not against me. But with me.”

John Fowles book The Magus

“Amanda: Whose yacht is that?
Elyot: The Duke of Westminster's I expect. It always is.
Amanda: I wish I were on it.
Elyot: I wish you were too.
Amanda: There's no need to be nasty.
Elyot: Yes, there is every need. I've never in my life felt a greater urge to be nasty.”

Noel Coward Private Lives

“It's not just that I'm stupid; it's that I'm just smart enough to know how stupid I am. I wish I weren't so stupid. Or that I were stupider.”

John S. Hall (1960) Poet, author, singer, lawyer

“I am not gay, although I wish I were, just to piss off homophobes.”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist

“Sometimes I wish I were a cannibal – less for the pleasure of eating someone than for the pleasure of vomiting him.”

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

“I wish I were big.”

Gary Ross (1956) American film director

“I know you need to go,
But before you do I want you to know, that I
Wish you the best.
And I wish you nothing less
Than every thing you've ever dreamed of.
And I hope that you find love along the way.
But most of all,
I wish you'd stay.”

Brad Paisley (1972) American country music singer