Quotes About Expectations

If you make Josh's dumb white- chocolate cranberry cookies and not my fruitcake ones, it's over.

There is something about walking into a room full of boys that makes you feel exposed, inadequate, like you come up short in every way that matters. It didn't used to be like this, and I don't know when it changed, but now it feels like it was always this way.

Growing up with Steven and spending my summers with Jeremiah and Conrad, winning was always important, and doubly so because I was a girl and was never expected to win anything. Victory is a thousand times sweeter when you're the underdog.

Boys will be boys, but girls are supposed to be careful: of our bodies, of our futures, of all the ways people judge us.

Maybe it's not that I'm a Mysterious Girl. Maybe it's that I'm a Not Good Enough Girl.

Here's something else, something important: Love is not transactional. It is not a bank account, you don't always get what you put in. Sometimes you put in so much and get very little return on your investment, at least that you can see right away.

It's scary when it's real. When it's not just thinking about a person, but, like, having a real live person in front of you, with, like, expectations. And wants. Even when I liked a boy so much, loved him even, I would always rather be with my sisters, because that's where I belong.

Nothing like high school. It's a lot of pressure. And . . . I didn't think you'd be so far away." I

It's kind of silly to feel so disappointed about something you only just realized you wanted.

It's scary when it's real. When it's not just thinking about a person, but, like, having a real live person in front of you, with, like, expectations. And wants.

My point is, losing your virginity on prom night is a cliché, but clichés are clichés for a reason. There's a practicality to it. You get to stay out all night, you look great, et cetera, et cetera. It just makes sense." "I'm not having sex for the first time because it's convenient and my hair looks good, Chris." "Fair enough.

It's scary when it's real. When it's not just thinking about a person, but, like, expectations. And wants.

He groans. "You've gotta give me something here, Lara Jean. I have a reputation to uphold. None of my friends will believe I suddenly turned into a monk to date you.

Da miedo cuando es real. Cuando no se trata sólo de pensar en una persona, sino de tener una persona de carne y hueso en frente de ti, con expectativas. Y quiere…

Prefieres crear una fantasía de alguien en tu cabeza que estar con la persona real.

Peter's mom told me he was talking about transferring to UNC next year. She wanted me to break up with him before he messed up his life for me." "Damn! Peter's mom is kind of a bitch!" "She didn't use those exact words, but that was the gist of it.

This is what Margot was talking about, this double standard. Boys will be boys, but girls are supposed to be careful: of our bodies, of our futures, of all the ways people judge us.

winning was always important, and doubly so because I was a girl and was never expected to win anything.

Oldest children are always high-achieving bores.

It took me a long time to figure it out. That I was the one who had put my dad on that pedestal. I did that, not him. And then I despised him for not being perfect. For being human.

You're teenagers. Life doesn't always work out the way you think it's going to work out...

scary when it's real. When it's not just thinking about a person, but, like, having a real live person in front of you, with, like, expectations. And wants.

Tardé mucho tiempo en comprenderlo. Fui yo el que puso a mi padre en ese pedestal. Lo hice yo, no él. Y luego lo desprecié por no ser perfecto. Por ser humano.

She thinks getting serious when you're young is a bad idea. It has nothing to do with you. I told her, just because it didn't work out with you and Dad, it doesn't mean it'll be like that for us. I'm nothing like my dad. And you're nothing like my mom.