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Quotes About Expectation

Iggy nodded. "I'm bummed we couldn't use Big Boy," he said. "But I don't want to waste it. We have to actually see them first. I mean, you do." "Maybe tomorrow," the Gasman said encouragingly. "We'll go see what havoc we've wreaked." "Wrought.
~ James Patterson
Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it.
~ James Patterson
So this is how happy feels, I thought. The energy, the automatic smile. This is what it's like to look forward to the day, to believe there could be good things coming.
~ James Patterson
You know the pop is coming, but damn if it don't always surprise you.
~ James Patterson
If you wanted me to take a shower, you should have payed me ten bucks like you usually do!
~ James Patterson
Five minutes," I said, and walked away, but my heart was still going just as fast as before. This was only half over. Was it five minutes until I pulled this off? Or five minutes to live?
~ James Patterson
Someone who shakes a tree needs to be ready for what might fall on him. - Craig Carney
~ James Patterson
expecting. Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it.
~ James Patterson
Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.
~ James Patterson
However, I had been hoping that Donald Trump would just drop me off in one of his helicopters.
~ James Patterson
wait on line at
~ James Patterson
You know," Melanie says, "most of the time things turn out well." "You're wrong. Most of the time things do not turn out well, and when they do, it's dangerous to expect that to last.
~ James Patterson
show up soon, too. Supposedly, he had the final plans
~ James Patterson
If you're waiting, that's a good thing. It's when we all rush in and jump on you that you should worry.
~ James Patterson
TWENTY-TWO HOURS AND FORTY-NINE MINUTES LATER (NOT THAT I WAS COUNTING OR ANYTHING) To:
~ James Patterson
Neither of them were surprised
~ James Patterson
What do you think their game plan is? Why the delay?" Jean sits down across from her
~ James Patterson
When I got my copy, I flipped all the way to the back of the book. There were sixteen sections and twenty-six pages total. In other words, we were going to be lucky to get out of this assembly by Christmas.
~ James Patterson
the price of admission. He didn't think it could ever get better than that. But then she'd gotten
~ James Patterson
I really do hope myeline meant something in the end- that it meant all those things. I don't know what's next- what any of us can expect- but I do know I'm ready to see what's out there for me.
~ James Patterson
But I knew that I wouldn't learn the end of our story tonight—and I hoped I wouldn't, not for a very long time.
~ James Patterson
I really do hope my life meant something in the end- that it meant all of those things. I don't know what's next- what any of us can expect- but I do know I'm ready to see what's out there.
~ James Patterson
There are more on my list, and we'll get to them eventually. Or maybe not. I'm not exactly sure how this is going to work out. As you can probably tell, this is my first full-length book.
~ James Patterson
AND NOW—THE GOOD STUFF You look at me, and I know what you're thinking: "Zac Efron without the hot legs.
~ James Patterson