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Quotes About Waiting

There was a faggot of pine wood lying by the hearth, waiting to be cut up small.
~ Unknown
Delay is a great procuress.
~ Ovid
A short absence is safest
~ Ovid
Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
~ Ovid
For thirty millennia, three thousand years on Rathillien alone, the Kencyrath had fought the long retreat from world to world, down the Chain of Creation, waiting for their god to manifest himself through them in final battle. Chosen they were and proud, but bitter, too, over long delay, and angry that, the task being set, their god had apparently left them to accomplish it alone.
~ Unknown
so I wait for you like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. Till then my windows ache.
~ Pablo Neruda
for many hours. "He didn't
~ Pam Jenoff
Brian was waiting for her, shivering in the dark, but whether from cold or fear, she didn't know. It ought to be fear, she decided, but didn't tell him.
~ Unknown
Whenever you turn around, I'll be watching and waiting for you.
~ Unknown
the warmth in my mouth. that rush through my veins making my heartache my pulse quicken my head- just a bit dizzy. my legs- just a bit numb. my tongue years for more more of you right now. now. i can't wait anymore. this is torture. seriously. i'm in hell. waiting for you. i just want to shout to this giant crowd of people "how hard is it to make a latte, fuckers?" i love you, coffee.
~ Pamela Ribon
It makes you crazy. Waiting for someone to love you, to come to you and only you, to choose you like you've already chosen, is the most degrading, debasing, demoralising...and yet, sweet, sweet pain there is. It's as humbling aas it is humiliating. But yes, there is a sweet side.
~ Pamela Ribon
Everything that was taken from you, God will give back to you. If you just hang in there, the reward at the end of this journey is going to be amazing. God is going to work it out for you; just wait on Him. God makes no mistakes, and He has a reason for everything that He does, whether we see it or not.
~ Unknown
All you have been waiting for is your own permission.
~ Pat Rodegast
It occurred to me that when I begin to write, I open myself and wait. And when I turn toward an inner spiritual awareness, I open myself and wait.
~ Pat Schneider
He didn't say anything more, just waited for me to tell him what I'd been thinking. It was pure speculation, and I was opening myself up to ridicule by saying anything at all. I sat on the stool and realized that I had my loyalties, too.
~ Patricia Briggs
Jones is dead," I promised. "He just doesn't know it yet. But we are patient, we can wait until the time is ripe.
~ Patricia Briggs
The wolf wanted to bed her and claim her as his own. Being of a more cautious nature than his wolf, he would wait until he knew her a little better before deciding to court her.
~ Patricia Briggs
He waited for Mercy's response. He enjoyed their arguments because very few people argued with him at all.
~ Patricia Briggs
Too early to tell," Gary said. "It doesn't look good, but saying 'it's over' before it actually is will make certain the outcome.
~ Patricia Briggs
I backed the Mercedes out of the garage and waited for Gabriel to close the door and get in. "Your eyes are gold, Mercy," said Gabriel as he slid into the front seat. "I didn't know they did that.
~ Patricia Briggs
More problems solve themselves if only you can content yourself in patience and wait.
~ Unknown
Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing.
~ Patricia Highsmith
It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?
~ Patricia Highsmith
But sometimes you have to wait for an answer to come to you. Especially when the questions are difficult ones.
~ Patrick Carman