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I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.

My mom has always wished me a daughter just like me.

I wish my hair was thicker, and I wish my feet were prettier. My toes are really ugly. I wish my ears were smaller. And my nose could be smaller too.

I wish I had been a better mother and a more compassionate and understanding wife in both of my marriages.

One of my main wishes in wanting to write about my mother was to explore the impact of her death on my life, explore our relationship, think about the different versions of myself that I was with and without her. I also had the really strong wish to bring her to life for my children, who were born after she was gone.

I listened to my kids talk about me as a parent, and I learned about things they wished I'd done and said. And I wished that I had done more of those things.

It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.

It's so easy for 16-year-olds, including myself, to say, 'I just wish I were an adult.' But we can't wish our lives away. When we're adults, we'll say, 'I wish I were 16 again.'

I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older and now I'm spending my adulthood wishing I were younger.

I wish my father had lived longer. He died when I was 18.