Quotes About Expectation

As a girl, she'd waited impatiently for this unexpected weather, prayed for it for months, and no wonder. Covered in snow, Firefly Lane looked like something out of a fairy tale. The kind of place where nothing could ever go wrong, where a girl should be able to simply tell her family that she'd changed her mind.

kept stepping into the same mud puddle and expecting it to be dry.

At six, she left Jack a note on the kitchen counter, just in case he got home before she did. It was a wasted gesture, of course. With his homing skills, she'd be through menopause by the time he found it.

I belong to a generation that didn't expect to be protected from every danger.

I am trussed up like a chicken for roasting. I know these modern seat belts are a good thing, but they make me feel claustrophobic. I belong to a generation that didn't expect to be protected from every danger [Oregon Coast, 1995, Chapter 14].

What happened to you if you hoped too hard for the best and got the worst? Was it better not to hope at all, to prepare?

Your boy has ruined my daughter, Tony. She's expecting." Elsa saw the way Mrs. Martinelli's face changed at that, how the look in her eyes went from kind to suspicious. An appraising, judging look in which Elsa was condemned as either a liar or a loose woman or both

Uneori, daca ai noroc, poti privi pe cineva in ochi si poti vedea intreg viitorul. Le doresc o astfel de dragoste copiilor tai - nu te multumi cu mai putin.

No. You'll know it when I propose." He held her gaze for a long time before breaking a grin.

You didn't think that was just a holiday for them, did you? Surely you don't expect me to let them simply sit around and play. Their brains would turn to soup.

Part of the adventure in life is not always knowing what's going to happen next, and the next part may be grander than your original plan. The key to enjoying the journey is being open to the unknown.

Sadet would like to know if Sadet will sadet to the Throne Hall this afternoon and if Sadet intends to sadet, then Sadet would like to sadet with her.

Here we are now, entertain us.

Auf Männer, die lieben, kann man nicht bauen.

You can get used to things going well, but you're never prepared for something going wrong.

Cuando piensas que el futuro no es posible, es sorprendente lo puro que te vuelves, pero, al encontrarte vivo, renacen los deseos.

When you walk out of your house in the morning, you don't know what you're going to see.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

He had just entered the last month of his presidency and was looking very forward to that month ending.

They'd said it would get easier. They'd lied.

They're waiting patiently, like the long-suffering lot they are, in the firm conviction that someone has conned them. They are waiting, belly to the ground, like cats at pig-killing time, hoping for scraps

"It's a mystery," replied the Lion. "I suppose I was born that way. All the other animals in the forest naturally expect me to be brave, for the Lion is everywhere thought to be the King of Beasts. I learned that if I roared very loudly every living thing was frightened and got out of my way."

When in Boston, I shall be able to take you out to dinner, if not to bed. I should greatly prefer the latter, but I must accept my lot.

I'll be a lady tomorrow