Granted, but then every song you'll hear turns less interesting and thus you have no music to listen to for the rest of your life.
I wish I could remember that prank I had so meticulously planned out last week.
because memory moves in orbits of absence, because she holds her hands out in the rain, and rain remembers nothing, not even how it became itself. - Las Ruinas del Corazon, Eric Gamalinda
Granted, but then you realize that it's entirely unsuitable for editing documents because it's ink is such a light shade of blue that it barely shows up on white paper and quickly fades.
Granted, but the idea bursts into flames before you get a chance to write it down... which is also before the rest of your body bursts into flames as well.
I wish I could find a life. I've looked everywhere, even Walmart doesn't have them!
Chicken <-- Egg <-- Rocket Powered Fist Take that, science!
Granted, but you get so carried away with your social life that you forget what's important, cave under peer pressure, drink and drive, and end up wrapping the car around a tree. Ouch.
I wish my math homework was done, and that I understood it.
Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal. — William S. Burroughs