Quotes About Expectation

People don't always want quality. A good book is not always successful and a successful one is not always good.

If we don't know what's going to happen, why should we be scared?" answered Bry. He went on to explain that good things could happen just as well as bad things. In fact, the odds were in favor of good things, since the missions were so well planned. So why be afraid? Why not be happy? "It's more likely something will go right. Don't worry about the bad until it happens.

You know what makes me feel down? The way you keep promising to live some kind of a life, then sacrifice yourself to every waif and stray who comes across your path.

He will be out there, living his life to the full, when she seems to have put hers perennially on hold.

And that's something that your generation find it a lot harder to adjust to. You have all grown up expecting things to go your way almost instantaneously. You all expect to live the lives you chose. Especially a successful young man like yourself. But it takes time.

You said . . . nobody would ever hurt me again. You said that. When you came to New York." My voice emerged from somewhere in my chest. "I never thought for a moment you would be the one to do it.

I liked the shorthand we seemed to fall into when nobody else was around, the easy intimacy that had sprung up between us. I liked the way he turned his face and looked at me with amusement, like I had somehow turned out to be so much more than he had expected. On

The conductor stepped up, tapped twice on the rostrum, and a great hush descended. I felt the stillness, the auditorium alive, expectant. Then he brought down his baton and suddenly everything was pure sound. I felt the music like a physical thing; it didn't just sit in my ears, it flowed through me, around me, made my senses vibrate. It made my skin prickle and my palms dampen. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard.

I don't think he'll be able to see you over the radio," Frances ventured. "But I still want to look nice for him." Margaret

And I pressed send, realizing, as it whooshed into the ether, that I had now condemned myself to unknown hours of e-mail-related anxiety while I waited for him to respond

She got up and she sat down, plumping cushions, checking a clock for some invisible appointment.

I got the feeling there was going to be a whole lot more conversation once I was out of the room.

I don't really know what I'm hoping for, but all suggestions gratefully received.

and waited to feel as if I had really started living. Nine months on I was still waiting.

It was deceptive, the sunshine- it promised more than it could actually deliver.

You know, you don't dress like someone from round here. I quite look forward to seeing what insane combination you're going to turn up in next.

Everything takes time, Will. And that's something your generation find it a lot harder to adjust to. You have all grown up expecting things to go your wag almost instantaneously.

Crees que sabes lo que te espera —una noche horrible delante de la televisión, bebiendo en un bar, escondiéndote de tu pasado— y, de repente, te desvías del camino y acabas en un destino que no sabías que estuviese allí.

Everything takes time, Will," she said, placing her hand briefly on his arm. "And that's something that your generation find it a lot harder to adjust to. You have all grown up expecting things to go your way almost instantaneously. You all expect to live the lives you chose. Especially a successful young man like yourself. But it takes time.

I liked the way he turned his face and looked at me with amusement, like I had somehow turned it to be so much more than he had expected.

The morning of the wedding dawned bright and balmy, as I had secretly known it would. Girls like Alicia always got their way.

Mr Traynor's a nice man. And I wouldn't have brought you here if I thought it wouldn't go well.' 'If he doesn't like me, can we just leave? Like, really quickly?' 'Of course.' 'I'll know. Just from how he looks at me.' 'We'll skid out on two wheels if necessary.

tell me...the best thing that has ever happened to you.' 'The best? Oh, I'm kind of hoping it hasn't happened yet.

I stared at them. 'Every time what?' I said, as Nathan put the money into Will's hand. 'He said you'd be reading a book. I said you'd be watching telly. He always wins.' My sandwich stilled at my lips. 'Always? You've been betting on how boring my life is?