Quotes About Waiting

How we would like to argue with September, and tell her that in the waiting lies the pleasure! That we here in the world of sensible folk know how to wait without twisted-up bellies and tapping feet and wishing for the sun to hurry up and rise and set. That a clever person is never bored, and a bored person is never clever. But though I am sly, I am a trickster, I am even cruel—I cannot lie.

I will always be here, in my old chair by the door, waiting for you, whenever you are lonesome. Our little house will always look just the same as when we first blew the dust off the bookshelves, and the kettle will always be just about to boil. Sometimes I will be young, and sometimes I will be old, and sometimes you will be young, and sometimes you will be old. But for as long as forever, I will keep a room for you. I swear by the sparkle in my eye and the spring in your step.

have to wait. We can get married in a few weeks.

her footsteps on the stairs. I was expecting

I kept waiting to fall in love with Salinger's cramped, desultory writing until I was annoyed.

David set me to learn other skills, too, in those days of restless waiting.

I give a patient God My patient heart.

over het leven] De generale repetitie van een stuk, dat nooit wordt opgevoerd.

O, lieve, lieve mensen, ik houd van u, en ik omhels u allen hartstochtelijk, ondanks de geduchte afstand. Laten we elkaar niet haten, maar, integendeel, elkaar liefhebben, gezamenlijk op de Dood wachten, en het ons in de tussentijd aan niets laten ontbreken.

Haven't you heard a word I've said?" She kissed Luke softly on the lips, then whispered, "There's only you." She smiled, her lips still pressed firmly against Luke. I feel like I've been waiting for you my whole life.

Benny said, "Oh, I can hardly wait to wash my hands! It has been two days since I've really washed them!" "Funny to hear you say that, Ben," said Henry. "I'm going to take a shower the first thing I do.

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.

face and come to wait at the place where

When you keep someone waiting you give him time to count up your faults.

As you consider your next move, practice this definition of trust: the willingness to take steps while simultaneously waiting for "instructions.

E il nonno li aspettava come un'anima del purgatorio, cogli occhi alla porta, sebbene non ci vedesse quasi, e li andava toccando, per accertarsi che erano loro, e poi non dice più nulla, mentre gli si vedeva in faccia che aveva tante cose da dire, e spezzava il cuore con quella pena che gli si leggeva in faccia e non la poteva dire.

rampole isn't here and nobody knows when she'll be back

We're hanging around waiting for this to not seem so painful when the fact is it's only going to get more painful the longer we hang around.

I will come back to you. And you will come back to me. Wait for me.

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

We are at more risk of waiting for opportunity while, without our knowledge, it awaits us and at less risk of waiting for opportunity while it remains beyond our reach.

I wait for the morning of my tears.

Warte nur, balde ruhest du auch

Time waits for no country these days, however, not even one as important, or unimportant, as China. Nero fiddled, Jiang theorizes.