Quotes About Expectations

Hay una diferencia entre querer de verdad a una persona y querer la idea que te has hecho de ella.

her bona fide name is Jennifer, but people don't believe Jennifers can tell the future; Jennifers can tell you which cute shoes to buy or what farmer's market to visit, but they should keep their hands off other people's futures.)

El amor debería exigir que ambas partes de n lo mejor de sí mismas en todo momento. El amor incondicional es un amor indisciplinado y, como ya hemos visto todos, el amor indisciplinado solo conduce al desastre.

I hear they come to all the high-school parties," DeeAnna said. "And take all the boys. And do things we didn't do till we were old married women—and then only after the transaction of a few nice pieces of jewelry." She twirled a diamond tennis bracelet.

I thought we would be the most perfect union: the happiest couple around. Not that love is a competition. But I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest.

No time!" I called. There was, alas, all the time in the world now, but it wasn't socially acceptable to say, "No patience!

Men fake sleep the way women fake orgasms: to be left alone already.

I have been told I always look at the dark underbelly of tomorrow. Possibly. You're less likely to be disappointed that way.

Mówiono mi ju?, ?e zawsze spoglÄ…dam w czarne podbrzusze dnia jutrzejszego. By? mo?e. W ten sposób jest siÄ™ mniej nara?onym na rozczarowania.

They were hard-edged, soft-centered, brutally demanding, and easily pleased, these women of Brewster Place.

We are becoming the men we wanted to marry

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

Do you know there's such a thing as Tater Tots? Back in Happy Valley, they told us we always had the very best, but we didn't have Tater Tots. Another Osiris lie.

The greatest gift you can give anyone is high expectations.

Americans tend to play different roles, hoping that somehow they'll stumble on the right one.

I am afraid that as people grow old there is a tendency for them to believe that what the past *ought* to have been it was.

A romantic is usually afraid in case reality doesn't come up to expectations.

We praise heroes as though they are rare, and yet we are always ready to blame another man for lack of heroism.

I could have hated him for saying it: it was like a claim. If you really loved me, I thought, you'd behave like any other injured husband. You'd get angry and your anger would set me free.

You know, Pyle, women don't want virgins. I'm not sure we do, unless we are a pathological type.

Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.

So many of us find ourselves saying, "but he was so great!" Yes, and the people who got on the Titanic thought they were going on vacation. Things changed and it's important to remember that they did.

It's very tempting when you really want to be with someone to settle for much, much less - even a vague pathetic facsimile of less - than you would have ever imagined. Remember always what you set out to get and please don't settle for less.

if the guy you're dating doesn't seem to be completely into you, or you feel the need to start "figuring him out," please consider the glorious thought that he might just not be that into you. And then free yourself to go find the one that is.