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Quotes About Expectation

Det är en kväll för en sång, tänkte Snusmumriken. En ny visa som ska ha en del förväntan i sig och två delar vårmelankoli och resten bara hejdlös förtjusning över att få vandra och vara ensam och trivas med sig själv.
~ Tove Jansson
Mari hörte nicht so genau zu, ein abenteuerlicher Gedanke begann Form anzunehmen: die Möglichkeit eines ganz eigenen Alleinseins in Frieden und Erwartung, fast eine Art Jux, den man sich erlauben kann, wenn man mit Liebe gesegnet ist.
~ Tove Jansson
I grunnen hadde ingen av dem lyst til å snakke. Ennå. De hadde god tid, sommeren lå lang og full av løfter foran dem.
~ Tove Jansson
een spannende gedachte begon vorm te krijgen; de mogelijkheid om alleen te zijn, helemaal in je eentje, in alle rust en vol verwachting, bijna een soort dwaasheid die je je kunt permitteren wanneer je gezegend bent let liefde.
~ Tove Jansson
een spannende gedachte begon vorm te krijgen; de mogelijkheid om alleen te zijn, helemaal in je eentje, in alle rust en vol verwachting, bijna een soort dwaasheid die je je kunt permitteren wanneer je gezegend bent met liefde.
~ Tove Jansson
had thought she and her sisters would celebrate it together at the Whitmans'. Perhaps they might have even heard from their uncle by then. There wouldn't have been gifts to exchange, but they would have
~ Tracie Peterson
He set a finger beneath her chin and gently forced her head up so she was looking in his eyes. "Good night, my little Esme. I look forward to continuing this tomorrow. Rest well. You'll need it for everything I have planned.
~ Unknown
So, what brings you here, of all places? This hardly seems like your sort of diversion." One mahogany brow arched skyward, an amused glint sparkling in his eyes. "Ah, Miss Danvers, there you go again, deciding what does and does not suit me. Whenever shall you learn?" She flushed slightly at his amused rebuke.
~ Unknown
My father was often impatient during March, waiting for winter to end, the cold to ease, the sun to reappear. March was an unpredictable month, when it was never clear what might happen. Warm days raised hopes until ice and grey skies shut over the town again.
~ Tracy Chevalier
Is this love the trouble you promised?
~ Tracy K. Smith
Good grief! They're going to call us inside soon, and Sticky hasn't even met Madge yet!" "Who's Madge?" Sticky asked. "Her Majesty the Queen!
~ Trenton Lee Stewart
Don't thank me,' Mr. Curtain called as the door slid closed. 'Impress me!
~ Trenton Lee Stewart
Don't thank me," Mr. Curtain called as the door slid closed. "Impress me!
~ Trenton Lee Stewart
Ben geleceÄŸi hep y???nlar halinde 'bugün' olmay? bekleyen yar?nlardan oluÅŸmuÅŸ diye görürüm.
~ Trevanian
Throw back more than you catch and, why, there's always going to be something there tomorrow.
~ Unknown
No word from Max saying whether he was definitely going to come and see me, let alone what time and for how long. As usual he just took it for granted that I would hang about the house all day waiting for him. Clearly nature intended him to be a delivery man, not a university lecturer.
~ Unknown
This is the myth of finding "the One": the one partner you're "meant" to be with, your soul mate, your Prince Charming, the girl of your dreams. Nonmonogamous folks reject this myth and acknowledge that no one person can be, or should be expected to be, everything for another.
~ Tristan Taormino
He says he wants to go back to Germany,' Nyasha confides. 'As soon as he's finished his doctorate,' she goes on, as though both completion of his research and departure are imminent. You realize she does not know Cousin-Brother-in-Law is mulling another thesis because he is no longer interested in his subject. You are surprised your in-law is behaving in the way you expect your own black men to do, first of all by being so indecisive and then by not telling his wife.
~ Tsitsi Dangarembga
This papaya tastes boring. I guess I normally like papaya. But this one is sort of boring all the way through. Like eating water. Boring water. I wonder when it will be sun time. Maybe I should try a different papaya after this one. But what if the next papaya is boring, too?
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Idiotic hopeful former self had hoped for them. Idiotic hopeful former self was very stupid. In
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Mother was doing that dragon thing of assuming her special perfect egg had a female dragonet inside. WRONG.)
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Tangerines were not quite the epic change Blue wanted to see in the world.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
This papaya tastes boring. I guess I normally like papaya. But this one is sort of boring all the way through. Like eating water. Boring water. I wonder when it will be sun time. Maybe I should try a different papaya after this one. But what if the next papaya is boring, too? That
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Qibli was expecting Turtle to do something, and Turtle had a bad feeling that "something" wasn't "Turtle flying all the way back to the Kingdom of the Sea, finding a deep trench, and staying there forever.
~ Tui T. Sutherland