Quotes About Expectation

But saying one thing before it happens and then actually having that thing happen are two different things.

She sighed loudly. "Oh, Adrian. This is just like the time you brought home a neighbor's puppy and seemed surprised when you found out you'd have to feed it every day." "Hey," I retorted. "We've fed this little guy plenty of times.

You sure have a high opinion of yourself, thinking it's going to happen again.

I thought you'd forgotten," she said, legitimately surprised. it had never left her mind--especially in light of recent developments--but she'd thought it had slipped his. "I don't forget anything," he teased. "Especially something like that. Wait for me, and we'll talk.

She didn't look like a Willow Queen. Of course, I'm not sure what exactly I expected - maybe something akin to Glinda the Good Witch. But this woman looked like Surfer Girl Barbie.

I've said over and over, I'd do anything for you. I just keep hoping it'll be something like, 'Adrian, let's go hot tubbing' or 'Adrian, take me out for fondue.'" "Well, sometimes we have to—did you say fondue? Why in the world would I ever say that?" He shrugged. "I like fondue.

I sprinted past the onlookers without a backward glance, taking the stairs two at a time. I shut myself off to Lissa's feelings as I walked down her hall. It seemed silly, but I wanted to be surprised. I just wanted to open my eyes and see her in person, with no warnings as to how she was feeling or what she was thinking.

What's going on?" I asked when he finished. "I'll let you know soon. For now, we have to wait." "Great. My favorite thing to do.

People see what they're expecting to see.

We generally have what we need. The general misperception is that we need what we want.

Noble aspirations disperse fast under the pressures of reality . p208(hardcover)

Mistake number one: don't ever expect a woman to do what you think she's going to do. Mistake number two: don't ever tell her what to do because that's a surefire way of making sure she doesn't. - cowboy John

You have nothing to fear in life, not you, not anyone, because every bad thing you think can happen will- but not always in the form you imagine

Why?" Mrs. Hogendobber might preach about evil, but when confronted with it she was at a loss. She expected the Devil with green horns or a human being with a snarling face. It had never once occurred to her in her long and relatively happy life that evil is ordinary.

I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself well, that's not going to happen

We are all a great deal luckier that we realize, we usually get what we want - or near enough.

Her face, I'm afraid, was neither a thing of beauty nor a joy for ever.

The rooster has a funny little paper hat over its head, like an ice-cream cone upside down, and my dad is pointing to it proudly and saying, 'Stroke him. Go on, stroke him. Do anything you like to him. He won't move an inch.' The rooster starts scratching

18 Still Waiting

Don't get excited," said Muggle-Wump.

He probably thought it was a woman. Whenever a young man gets depressed, everybody thinks it's a woman.

Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.

A thing can be fine on paper but utterly crummy in the field.

He did not expect reasonable conduct from human beings; most people were candidates for protective restraint. He simply wished they would leave him alone!—all