Quotes About Expectation

If you believe in love, you're setting yourself up to be disappointed.

All romantic novels end the same way, but it's the process of getting there that provides all the enjoyment.

Never say 'never,' my dear. It saves a great deal of embarrassing explanation later.

Tonight, I am a private citizen. To-morrow I shall be called to assume new responsibilities, and on the day after, the broadside of the world's wrath will strike. It will strike hard. I know it, and you will know it.

Esperar. Otra vez. ¿Os habéis parado a contar cuánto tiempo perdemos en nuestra vida solo esperando algo?

However, we must not forget that it will be some twenty years before the ordinary run of people begin to think the thoughts of the educated person of today.

Often, the very fact that you are worrying about something means that it isn't likely to happen.

Believing that others will react as we would is the single most dangerous myth of intervention.

It takes certain kind of naiveté, or perhaps just stupidity, to know things will end and still hope otherwise.

My stomach lurched, an appetizer before the full portion of heartache I had a feeling was going to be served at some point soon.

He can't possibly live up to the person you've built him to be

In books and movies, the stories always end when the two people finally have their romantic kiss. The happily-ever-after part is just assumed

Even if you find him. Even if he didn't leave you on purpose, he can't possibly live up to the person you've built him into.

I should be elated. I should be relieved. But, weirdly, all I feel is let down. Beacuse this matters to me now. And something tells me if it matters, maybe it shouldn't be easy.

No duden de que les oye. Es consciente de todo lo que está pasando. Les parecerá que son los médicos o las enfermeras o todos esos cacharros los que llevan la batuta. Pues no. Es ella quien lleva la batuta. Quizá sólo se está tomando su tiempo. Así que hablen con ella. Díganle que se tome todo el tiempo que necesite, pero que vuelva. Que la están esperando.

It had given me a bad feeling, though I wasn't sure if it was because I was scared I wasn't going to find him, or scared of just what I might find.

Se necesita un tipo de ingenuidad, o tal vez sólo estupidez, saber cómo terminarán las cosas y todavía esperar lo contrario.

Because you don't ever find things when you're looking for them. You find them when you're not.

It's the hoping that makes it hurt.

You don't ever find things when you're looking for them. You find them when you're not.

Le plus curieux, c'est que, peu à peu, un autre sentiment a fait surface. Quelque chose comme de la déception. Et je me suis aperçue que, en dépit de tout, j'aurais vraiment aimé aller voir le grand canyon.

And her voice, it's exactly the same. I don't know why I'd expect it to be different except that everything's different now.

Suenan como un centenar de bombas de tiempo esperando por explotar.

It takes a certain kind of naiveté, or perhaps just stupidity, to know how things will end and still hope otherwise.