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Quotes About Waiting

The wise man is not waiting for the realness of the world to prove itself to him. How can one be an authority before the experiencing of this realness? My master taught me—and to me it seems chash, meaning correct—that you must not defend against the entering of knowledge.
~ Tad Williams
The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.
~ Tahir Shah
To satisfy the curious is not our fate. Our fate is darker and more savage. We await a savior. We await him in bondage.
~ Tanith Lee
This world we now live in may indeed be a beautiful gift from God, but do not forget that it's our union with him beyond this life for which we wait with breathless anticipation.
~ Ted Dekker
The lawn lay like the pristine waiting page Of a prison report. Who would write what upon it I never gave a thought. A dumb creature, looping at the furnace door On its demon's prong, Was a pen already writing Wrong is right, right wrong.
~ Ted Hughes
Possess your soul in patience - you will see!
~ Tennessee Williams
But if you don't," Hyacinth continued, smiling shyly, "then I'd be much obliged if you'd wait for me.
~ Julia Quinn
You won't know until it's over. You won't find me in time.
~ Julie Anne Peters
She turned as a husky voice behind her said, "They're waiting for you at a table inside." Jim gave her a little push. "In you go, kid; I'm top man around here now.
~ Julie Campbell
So I carried on, waiting for what ever was to come, with or without God's help
~ Julie Halpern
Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin.
~ Julie Otsuka
So the end may be a long time coming, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a way of sneaking up on you.
~ Julie Powell
Rosemary was waiting for the class in the stables with her own unicorn, who had a pink-and-purple-striped mane.
~ Julie Sykes
Ti aspettavo. Ma hai tardato molto. Io? Ma si, tu. Non puoi cambiare donna di un solo amore! E preferisci ancora, vero, come la falena, morire vicino alle fiaccola che vivere nel buio? Metà del tuo cuore è qui. Chi dunque può vivere con un sola metà del cuore? Nel libro Catherine e il tempo di amare
~ Juliette Benzoni
I will wait for you, Gilles Goëlo. I will wait - for three years, and not one day more. If you keep your promise, I shall be yours and you can do what you will with me. If not-
~ Juliette Benzoni
Todo dura siempre un poco mas de lo que debería
~ Julio Cortazar
como siempre al acecho esperando algo, agazapado para dar uno de esos saltos absurdos de los que salimos todos lastimados.
~ Julio Cortazar
Todo dura siempre un poco más de lo que debería.
~ Julio Cortazar
He's been waiting for her since five o' clock, even if she wasn't supposed to arrive before six.
~ Julio Cortazar
tardes, fama. Tregua catala espera. —¿Cronopio cronopio? —Cronopio cronopio. —¿Hilo? —Dos, pero uno azul.
~ Julio Cortazar
La vida es una sala de espera –dijo el señor calvo, pisando el cigarrillo con mucho cuidado
~ Julio Cortazar
ahora tengo que convencerme de que eso está en la familia, que no sos diferente aunque siempre te esperé como la excepción, ese momento en que todo lo abrumador se detiene para que entre lo liviano, la espuma de la charla y la vuelta de las esquinas;
~ Julio Cortazar
ya ves, resulta todavía peor, te aparecés como el reverso de mi esperanza, cínicamente me golpeás la ventana y te quedás ahí esperando
~ Julio Cortazar
A veces observaba sus manos con esa atención ingenua que prestan a las cosas más insignificantes las personas que esperan.
~ Julio Ramón Ribeyro