Quotes About Waiting

It was like there was a pile of kindling that was in the back of my imagination just waiting there. Once I lit it, it just flared up and I kept getting ideas and ideas.

He lowered the blinds too, enough to give him cover should one of Brabham's people choose to look out of the window. And then he settled in for the wait.

Up to this point, all I knew were beaten paths, tattooed with footprints, and I had come to the understanding that they were not much fun to travel because so many people were waiting for you at the end, wondering what took you so long.

Buster sat on the curb in front of the college, waiting for his sister to pick him up. To pass the time, he skimmed the stories of the creative writing students. One was about a wild party and the story consisted almost entirely of a detailed explanation of a drinking game called Flip 'N Chug that seemed, to Buster, to be too complicated to facilitate the simple goal of getting drunk.

Where are our parents?" the Fang children asked in unison, inching closer to Hobart. Hobart sighed deeply and then pointed toward the living room and said, "Let's sit down and talk." Hobart took nearly five minutes to find a comfortable sitting position on his George Nelson–designed Kangaroo chair. Buster and Annie sat side by side opposite Hobart on a black leather sling sofa, feeling as though they were waiting for a bus that was very, very late.

I now know pain is part of any journey- that this is the opposite of grief, but grief the only way I know to describe waiting and waiting without knowing, hoping one day joy will arrive.

I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.

Life is somewhat like a line drawing, Appearances a kind of trust, This period of grace we call age; Examine it carefully! It is a kind of waiting.

I'm tired of waiting by the phone, and second-guessing what a guy says and trusting someone not to hurt me. Again. I've been storming the relationship castle for fifteen years, and I still don't have my prince. I've got a bunch of battle scars from the field and I want to go home and nurse my wounds. I don't want to fight anymore.

The lesson is simple. Be patient, stay put.

One day the Inuit journeyed out to gather grass along the coast. When they got to where they were going and found the grass stunted by a late spring, they sat down and in Nansen's words "waited for the grass to grow." The lesson is simple. Be patient, stay put.

She has lost much, son. We must be patient while we wait for her to smile, ja?

I smiled. He looked like he was waiting

I told you, lass. One hour or a million. 'Tis enough for me

Mavis led Lorelei over to a shaded spot on the deck where a large pile of shirts, pants, and socks waited. From where she stood, it was a daunting task.) How long have you been working on that? Just since the dawn of time, or eternally? (Lorelei)

One day your prince will come. Mine took a wrong turn, got lost, and is too stubborn to ask for directions.

I'm more than content to allow this mystery to unfold in its own time.

I'm more than content to allow this mystery to unfold in its own time. I don't need to hurry it along.

Time cannot be spurred on like a horse.

There is a good side to waiting. It drives you into such a state that all you can do is long for your turn to get through with the thing you are afraid of.

I'd wait as long as you needed, as long as Nicole needed. But I know you feel something for me, and I love you, and I've never felt this way about anyone, ever. I want to be with you. I want you to pick me. I know Emma will always be your first love, and that's fine. But don't just...don't just let me go.

Hell is not other people. Hell is the DMV.

the time between almost and right away...