Quotes About Expectations

I think that with marriages, people have to understand that you have to look at your marriage and understand what is needed in your marriage - not what people think your marriage should be or what people want your marriage to be.

It's no accident that I'm not married and don't have kids yet.

I'm about the only person in my family that's made it to 24 without being married. That's the way it works where I'm from. Most people, if you find someone to marry in high school, you do that, and if you don't find that, then you find someone in college.

It used to be you wanted to marry up.

I am scared when I hear the word 'marriage' but I cannot say to my family that I don't want to marry at all.

It was a mistake not to marry at the right age. When you get older, even men aren't interested in you.

Nobody's ever going to marry me for my cooking skills.

Una vez que hayas escogido a un hombre, no trates de cambiarlo. No se puede. Pero lo más importante es no permitir que trate de cambiarte a ti. Tampoco se puede, pero los hombres siempre lo intentan.

More often than not, a woman marries for money and a man marries for sex. What difference does a sheet of paper with signatures make? If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand the answer, she said simply.

Mr. Lynn gave her one of his considering looks. People are strange, he said. Usually they're much stranger than you think. Start from there and you'll never be unpleasantly surprised. Do you fancy doughnuts?

All I did was ask you for a role-playing game. You never warned me I'd be pitched into it for real! And I asked you for hobbits on a grail quest, and not one hobbit have I seen!

And indeed if you think you're a genius at something what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you think you're no good, you're not going to get anywhere.

She read a great deal, and very soon realized how little chance she had of an interesting future. It was a disappointment to her, but she was still happy enough

Lettie, as the second daughter, was never likely to come to much

Nobody ever gets praised for the right reasons.

it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.

She will not be clever, but still, I see no reason why she should not one day lead a satisfying life separately from her sister. Perhaps she might even marry. All men do not seek intelligence in a wife, and Emmeline is very affectionate.

Since she started dating "Uncle" Roger, she's often not returned home until late morning on weekends. During the week, she'll sometimes just call when she gets to work around 8:30. Today's Saturday, so I figure she'll show up in time for lunch. Hopefully, with some groceries.

It's difficult to say just where a marriage goes wrong, because the accepted reason often isn't the real one.

It's not the people you fire who make your life miserable. It's the people you don't.

My imagination longs to dash ahead and plan developments; but I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself.

there is something revolting about the way girls' minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. And most of those minds are shut to what marriage really means.

I don't like the sound of all those lists he's making – it's like taking too many notes at school; you feel you've achieved something when you haven't.

I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself.