Quotes About Expectation

When you want them to die, they never do.

Siempre creemos que a nuestros padres les alcanzará un rayo y que, por arte de magia, se convertirán en las personas que querrías que fueran, o que volverán a ser las personas que eran. Pero eso no va a pasar nunca. Y, aunque sepas que nunca va a pasar, sigues teniendo la esperanza de que pase.

I've noticed that almost no one wants some fresh ground black pepper on his salad. Why they even bother asking is a mystery to me.

I don't think you tell someone you love them because you expect something. I think you tell them because you have something to give.

He decided there was no point in telling her he'd looked in the fridge and seen none of these things. There'd just be some variation of his mother's standard crack about Male Refrigeration Blindness Syndrome.

Not everything you wanted, deep inside, worked out.

After weighing the pros and cons, I've decided sex with you would be mutually satisfying. You're attractive and pleasant. And clean. You kiss very well, and while I've found that's not always a reliable gauge for skill in bed, it often follows. If you're agreeable, we can finish dinner, I'll show you the greenhouse, then we can go in and have sex. I'm on birth control, but I would require you wear a condom.

It's part of us, she said jerkily. How could I not want part of us? It's your baby.I'm carrying your baby and I love it so much already it terrifies me. Oh,Diana. He touched her then, gently, his hands on her face. You've let two weeks go by when we could have been terrified together.

Um ano é um século quando se espera o amor.

You're going to need this, she said, and pulled out a condom. At some point, we're also going to need a defibrillator and a fire extinguisher. Promises, promises.

I can't believe what a state I got myself into over this. Everyone was right. They said it would just happen, and it did. I guess the best things do.

It's me. I always expect too much. I'm always floored when I don't get it.

Heaven and Earth, Ripley, do more than hold us between them. They expect us to deserve it.

She knew I was coming to see you, so I don't think she'll be surprised

I'm annoyed because he assumed I'd have dinner with him, then continued to assume I would even after I refused. It's a normal reaction.

Obviously at wit's end, he scrubbed his hands over his face. "Doesn't your breed stop having birthdays at forty?" "We may stop counting, Dr. Carnegie, but that doesn't mean we don't expect an appropriate gift on the occasion.

Tyler tested it himself and found he agreed with her. We'll let it age a bit. A lot of things become what they're meant to if you leave them alone awhile. Is that philosophy I hear? You want an opinion, or just somebody to agree with you? I guess wanting both was expecting too much. There you go.

Momentos depois a porta abriu-se de novo. A expressão de Zoe passou de espanto, para surpresa, para uma leve irritação, em três fases distintas. -Oh, és tu. Ah... posso fazer alguma coisa por ti? 'Podias deixar-me mordiscar-te o pescoço até à orelha, para começar' pensou Brad, mas manteve o sorriso descontraído no rosto.

didn't surprise Jake, he'd been watching it build all along.

Why not ask for all, as you never know what life's going to hand you?

Some things don't happen as fast as you like." Boyle turned her hand over in his, then gave in and pressed it to his cheek. "It doesn't mean they won't happen.

Tommorows are very convenient. A pity for us all how rarely they come.

I hope for what I always hope for as a writer: a critical but kind reader. I think that is what we all hope for.

Every time I learn the truth about something, I'm disappointed