Quotes About Expectation

For most of her life she just expected things would work out, that people would be kind. Now she recognized her good fortune for what it was. She'd been lucky in so much, it had left her woefully unprepared for old age.

Niets is zo mooi als de eerste eenzame minuten met iemand die jou zou kunnen beminnen en iemand die je zelf zou kunnen beminnen. Er bestaat niets dat zo stil is als die minuten, niets zo verzadigd met liefdelijke verwachting. In die paar minuten heeft men lief, niet in de vele die volgen. Nooit meer weet zij, zal zo iets schoons hen overkomen. Blijer zullen ze misschien worden, beter ook, en oneindig tevreden met elkaars lichaam. Maar nooit zal het meer zo schoon zijn.

You were the one that led them a merry dance. Now, I expect, they will want an explanation. I myself am waiting to hear it.

Daniel was coming to him. Whatever else these people thought or felt was irrelevant.

Madness there, little other than I had expected, and grief and love, but mainly madness.

Verity found, much to her own annoyance, that she was looking forward to the dinner party.

The air around them shimmered with a sense of immenence.

Ays felt sure the man would swing across to them soon. What would he say? In his heart, Ays prepared himself, scripted questions. Was it you at the wind orchestra, you in the shadows of this morning? Why? What do you want of me? He longed to hear the answer, feeling it would somehow open his perceptions for more than the strongest dose of hela ever would.

They had come here seeking the past, and maybe they had found it. But not in the way they'd imagined.

I felt like they were loitering around in the hope one of us would sup from them later. Perhaps we would find it difficult to leave until we had obliged them.

I don't have a feeling of doom, just impendence.

He felt as if all the clocks in the world stopped at that moment. Would Daniel dare not come to him?

Did he imagine the rustle of garments, the brief touch of fingers on his brow? He opened his eyes, expection violation, but there was no one there.

At last! She would see the face of Resenence Jeopardy. She would look into his eyes, and they would be open for her. Something momentous would happen, the reason for her journey, her commitment to the idea of an unknown man would be revealed to her.

There was a tiny seed of feeling within Emma whispering that Lily might spring some surprises of her own.

We do no possess the luxury of being able to wait patiently for the bud to flower.

Already an atmosphere of anticipation, rivalling that of before the play, was intensifying.

He knew there were dreams waiting for him, and could even feel their shadowy presences rusting in the corners of the room, among his clothes in the wardrobe, beneath his bed.

Could Ellony feel the potential humming around her? She still stared moodily into the flames, no doubt dreaming of the days she thought would come.

I am always waiting for something, he thought, kept on hold; but for what? What is it that I have forgotten?

We use the word 'hope' perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: 'I hope it's a nice day.' 'Hopefully, you're doing well.' 'So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so.'

I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.

aspettare come di solito si aspettano il mare e il grano, sapendo che arriveranno, perché non se ne sono mai andati davvero.

You see what you expect to see. You see what you have the labels to see. You see what you have the skills to manage. Everything else is a blur.