“THE ROBINO Robin, sing! for the secret of eternity is in song.I wish I were as you, free from prisons and chains.I wish I were as you; a soul flying over the valleys,Sipping the light as wine is sipped from ethereal cups.I wish I were asyou, innocent, contented and happyIgnoring the future and forgetting the past.I wish I were as you in beauty, grace and eleganceWith the wind spreading my wings for adornment by the dew.I wish I were as you in beauty, a thought floating above the landPouring out my songs between the forest and the sky.O Robin, sing! and disperse my anxiety.I listen to the voice within your voicethat whispers in my inner ear;”

“Sometimes I wish that I could sing or dance or paint or compose symphonies or build cathedrals to express somehow what all of this means to me. I wish I were a priest or a robin or a child or a sunset.”

“When violet eyes get brighterAnd heavy wings grow lighterI'll taste the sky and feel alive againAnd I'll forget the world that I knewBut I swear I won't forget youOh if my voice could reach back through the pastI'd whisper in your ear:"Oh darling I wish you were here.”

“With kisses like that, I wish this was the Universe where you were my soulfinder.”

“The words from The Microlight Pilot’s Handbook hammered in my temples. ‘It is better to be on the ground wishing to God you were in the air, than in the air wishing to God you were on the ground.”

“Looking at a sea bird flapping its wings against the full moon I wish I could grow wings and fly away from everything and be free. I wish I could lose myself in the vast ocean and float away from all this pain in my heart.”