Cynthia Lord Quotes

Wishes are slippery things. You have to be very specific or you can get exactly what you wished for and still end up with nothing.

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• Wishes are slippery things. You have to be very specific or you can get exactly what you wished for and still end up with nothing.

  

  Cynthia Lord
  • Wishes
  • Get
  • To Be