“No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.”

“It's good to see you, little one." He (Uncle Eddie) scanned her short skirt. "I only wish I were not seeing quite so much of you.”

“I work quite diligently and wish that I were better and smarter. And these both are one and the same.”

“I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed … from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty.”

“I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed … from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty.”

“From the outer edge of his life, looking back, there was only one remorse, and that was only that he wished to go on living.”

“one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood.”

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”

“In erotic love, two people who were separate become one. In motherly love, two people who were one become separate. The mother must not only tolerate, she must wish and support the child’s separation.”

“The game of discontent has its rules, and he who disregards them cheats. It is not permitted to you to wish to add another's advantages or possessions to your own; you are permitted only to wish to be another.”