“If wishes were horses," she murmured, "beggars would ride.”

“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”

“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride”

“If wishes were horses, even beggars would ride. (Dark-Hunter)”

“If wishes were horses, beggers would ride”

“She wishes that it were true, all of it. That it were more than just a story. That is was their story.”

“At night, the house thick with sleep, she would peer out her bedroom window at the trees and sky and feel the presence of a mystery. Some possibility that included her--separate from her present life and without its limitations. A secret. Riding in the car with her father, she would look out at other cars full of people she'd never seen, any one of whom she might someday meet and love, and would feel the world holding her making its secret plans.”