“He felt that he was himself and did not wish to be anyone else. He only wished now to be better than he had been formerly”
“He felt himself, and did not want to be anyone else. All he wanted now was to be better than before.”
“Will had shrugged once, helplessly. He had almost wished Jem would be angry with him. It would have been easier. He'd never felt so small within himself as he did when he faced Jem's expansive kindness.”
“If he had to wish, what would he wish for, he asked himself. What was there to wish for... a wish asked for the unattainable. The impossible.”
“He wished he could be anywhere else and anyone else but Here and Him.”
“I wish that I did not have to tell him this lie, when he knows more of my truth than anyone else in the world.”