“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.”

Ally Carter book Heist Society

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

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-British philosopher

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

Plato (-427–-347 BC) Classical Greek philosopher

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

Socrates (-470–-399 BC) classical Greek Athenian philosopher

“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.”

Ray Bradbury book The Illustrated Man

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

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

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

Oscar Wilde book The Soul of Man under Socialism

“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.”

Erich Fromm book The Art of Loving

“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.”

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist