Quotes About Expectation

You're like a story that hasn't happened yet.

The title was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. He frowned at it in confusion. It wasn't what he'd thought a mortal book would be like; he thought they would be dull things, odes to their cars or skyscrapers.

I made you believe that you were what I wanted you to become.

Summer was supposed to be the best part of the year, but so far Nikki's summer sucked. It sucked hard. It sucked like a vacuum that got hold of the drapes.

It feels a bit like expecting a proposal of marriage, only to get offered the role of mistress.

No one in chains could ever truly love you.' He glares. 'Do you expect me to believe you know anything about love?' The truth of that hits like a blow.

La lealtad y el amor no se pueden exigir.

Eres como una historia que aún no ha sucedido. Quiero comprobar qué harás. Quiero participar en el desarrollo de la narración.

Surely Nicasia would expect more of Cardan's mother than the thin gruel of emotion she has served her son.

I didn't think it worked like that. I thought love was supposed to happen when you least expected it, like a sap to the skull.

Because you're like a story that hasn't happened yet. Because I want to see what you will do. I want to be part of the unfolding of the tale.

Porque eres como una historia que aún no ha sucedido. Porque quiero comprobar qué harás. Quiero participar en el desarrollo de la narración.

Anticipation whispers through the trees, like an indrawn breath. Urging me on.

I thought love was supposed to happen when you least expected it, like a sap to the skull.

And you think it was sunrise I was waiting for and not my queen.

Because you're like a story that hasn't happened yet.

Espera —dice, acercándose un paso—. Quiero volver a verte. —¿Por qué? —Porque eres como una historia que aún no ha sucedido. Porque quiero comprobar qué haras. Quiero participar en el desarollo de la narración.

I am not yet in pain. But I do not doubt that I will be.

Not me." She shakes her head. "I am going to fall in love." I am surprised into laughter. "So you've just decided? I didn't think it worked like that. I thought love was supposed to happen when you least expected it, like sap to the skull." "Well, I have decided," she says.

And no matter how eager you are for it, you cannot make the moon set nor rise any faster

We came up with your code name," she mouths. ... I expect her to say 'The Liar.' She gives me a tricksy grin, full of secrets. "What else? The Queen.

What a freeing thought it was to no longer believe I had to deserve something in order to get it.

The rich believed they were lucky, and that any fortune they didn't already have could be bought. They had so much already, disappointment became inconceivable.

his kindness was jarring and made me wonder what he wanted in return for it. I was used to tricks, to games.