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Quotes About Waiting

The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come.
~ William Hazlitt
June's too soon, July's too late - for summer.
~ Siberian saying
They also serve who only stand and wait.
~ John Milton
I need to get my life together, but I'm kinda waiting to see if the world is gonna end before I put in any real effort.
~ Internet meme
2020 — waiting to see what comes up next in Apocalypse Bingo
~ Internet meme
Hamej, merrini këto valixhe. Të rënda? Janë mbushur me pritje...
~ Ismail Kadare
Preda mnom je no? bez sna, nedogledna, jarosna, ubila?ka pustinja. ?ini mi se da je živo bi?e ne?e preživetini videti joj kraja. A meni valja živeti i ?ekati. Živeti sa nadom, u ?ekanju. Pa i bez nade.
~ Ivo Andri?
Ali, prole?e je. Opet prole?e. Bogat sam, miran, i mogu da ?ekam. Da, ni?eg nije bilo i ni?eg nema, jasnog i sigurnog, ali ništa nije izgubljeno ili isklju?eno, nepovratno i potpuno. Znam da u svetu ima mnogo napola otvorenih prozora u koje kuca prole?ni vetri?, sun?evih odblesaka na metalu i u vodi, praznih sedišta u kupeima, ustalasanih povorki i obasjanih lica u prolazu. Slutim i hiljade drugih i nepoznatih mogu?nosti i prilika.
~ Ivo Andri?
Tako obicno biva. Oni koje zelimo da vidimo ne dolaze u casovima kad na njih mislimo i kad ih najvise ocekujemo, a pojavljuju se u nekom trenutku kad smo mislima najdalje od njih.
~ Ivo Andri?
?udnovato je, ali istinito, da te velike nesre?e, kao mine sa duga?kim fitiljem, eksplodiraju tek mnogo docnije, ?esto kad ih ve? niko više ne o?ekuje.
~ Ivo Andri?
you pray for something and you do not see the answer, consider the following: (1) Is what you want good for you? (2) Will you or anyone else be hurt by your having it? (3) Are you ready for the responsibility of having it? If you can answer these questions affirmatively, and the answer to your prayer has not manifested, the issue is probably patience.
~ Iyanla Vanzant
TelaÅŸla uykunun inine geri dönsem de rüyaya tekrar giremiyor, aÄŸz?m? suland?ran ekmeÄŸin tad?na bakam?yorum. -Barbarlar? Beklerken
~ J. M. Coetzee
I'll wait. By the way, sex-me-up shoes? I was following a theme. Well. Reo turned her ankles, looked down. They are pretty fabulous. They are, Mira agreed. I was going to say the same about yours. What a terrific color. Could we not talk about shoes in the box that still smells of evildoer? You started it, Reo reminded her before she turned back to Mira.
~ J.D. Robb
She wondered why things always took longer than you wanted them to take, unless you wanted them to take a lot longer—then they didn't take nearly long enough. Time sucked.
~ J.D. Robb
I know what it is to have the one you love, the only one, hurt. There's a war in your belly, and your heart's so heavy it doesn't seem as if your body can hold it. This kind of fear doesn't have a name. You can only wait with it. And let us help.
~ J.D. Robb
That's all I need for now, Nadine. You can wait in the living area. We'll return your electronics shortly." "Come on, Dallas. You said I'd have the story." "And you will. But I need a minute with my partner." "Fine. I'm taking the cookies." Sadly, Peabody watched the cookies leave with Nadine. "They looked good.
~ J.D. Robb
They'd all wait for her until the morning.
~ J.D. Robb
it came to me with great force that I was wasting my life, that I was wasting it by living from day to day in a state of waiting, that I had in effect given myself up as a prisoner to this war.
~ J.M. Coetzee
Quelque chose brûle en moi. J'attends et je n'attends pas. C'est peut-être dans cette rupture, dans cet instant, entre les deux pulsions, l'une qui va vers l'infini du oui, l'autre vers l'infini du non, qu'est le lieu de la vie.
~ J.M.G. Le Clézio
I'm not broken, I'm ruined. Do you understand the difference? With broken maybe you can fix things. Ruined? All you can do is wait to bury me.
~ J.R. Ward
Text me when you want to see me again, he signed. I'm giving you your space, but know this: I will wait forever for you.
~ J.R. Ward
It finally happened, he thought as he burrowed under his shirt and took hold of his heavy cross. All his life he'd wondered why he'd never fallen in love, and now he knew: He'd been waiting for this moment, this woman, this time. The female is mine, he thought. - Manny
~ J.R. Ward
When she didn't continue, he shrugged. Just let me bring you coffee. I want to wait on you. Makes me happy
~ J.R. Ward
Is it my turn yet?" Lassiter asked over the earpiece. "I was born ready for this.
~ J.R. Ward