Quotes About Expectation

I suspect the truth is we are waiting, all of us, against unsurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.

I finally had what I'd wantes all those years. Except now that I had it, i felt as empty as this unkempt pool I was dangling my legs into.

They only make you so happy when they are about to take something from you

Sospecho que, en el fondo, lo que todos esperamos, contra todo pronóstico, es que nos suceda algo extraordinario.

They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you.

Mislim da je istina u tome da ?ekamo, svi mi, uprkos nepremostivim preprekama da nam se dogodi nešto izuzetno.

Ali vrijeme je kao šarm. Nikad ga nemaš onoliko koliko misliš.

But time, it is like a charm. You never have as much as you think.

They feel wronged. they haven't been given their due. No one loved them enough. Of course they expect you to love them. They want to be held, rocked, reassured. But it's a mistake to give it to them. They can't accept it. They can't accept the very thing they're needing. They end up hating you for it. And it never ends because they can't hate you enough. It never ends - the misery, the apologies, the promises, the reneging, the wretchedness of it all.

He caminado mucho y desde muy lejos para ver si eres tan bello en la realidad como lo eras en mis sueños.

I finally had what I'd wanted all those years. Except now that I had it, I felt as empty as this unkempt pool I was dangling my legs into.

When the ferry groaned and lurched away, leaving behind a trail of churned-up water. I thought Madaline would stand at the stern and wave and blow kisses. But she quickly moved toward the bow and took a seat. She didn't look our way.

suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.

Come sospetto, la verità è che, malgrado le difficoltà insormontabili, tutti noi aspettiamo sempre che ci succeda qualcosa di straordinario.

La verità è che, malgrado le difficoltà insormontabili, tutti noi aspettiamo sempre che ci succeda qualcosa di straordinario.

She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'Why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I asked her why and she said, 'They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you

I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us. What

and he has been a good son to me. I hope he proves…worthy

It was almost like I was expecting to get crushed.

I think my water just broke.' I took an instinctive step back. Because, gross. 'Omigod.

When Dad was a kid, he wanted to be a lumberjack, but unfortunately he'd been cursed with the build of an accountant and the brain of an astrophysicist. These qualities had combined to make him the third-most-visited orthodontist in northern New Jersey.

The rag he'd used to clean the table went into the fire behind him. I saw what you are, he said, and I was ashamed. I saw what you expect from a person, and I'd call you a bitch except you demand it from yourself as well. I saw how you see me, he explained. It wasn't anything I didn't already know, but it made me wonder at what I lack, what isn't there.

I have to save the world tomorrow, and I don't even know what I'm going to wear yet.

Hey! I exclaimed, seeing the total. They're charging me retail. Glenn! I complained. They can't do that. I shook it at him. I shouldn't have to pay retail! What did you expect? You can keep that. It's your copy. I sat back in a huff and shoved it in my bag with my sticky scarf as he typed his slow, painful way through my report. Where's this human compassion I keep hearing about? That's it, baby doll, he said, voice smoother than usual. He was laughing at me.