Quotes About Expectation

It was going to be like this forever and ever, Wally knew. Unless the Bensons came back at the end of the year, the Malloys would probably stay in Buckman, and Wally would have to listen to his brothers talk about them for the rest of this life.

I just know she's going to go there today and sneak down in that cellar." "So?" said Jake. "Then what?" asked Josh. So? Then what? After all his brilliant work luring Caroline to the cellar, his brothers didn't know what to do? "What do you mean, then what?" squawked Wally. And he suddenly realized he didn't know either. He put his imagination on fast-forward.

Esther knows nothing about alcohol, and says, "My dream was someday ordering a drink and finding out it tasted wonderful.

There are many reasons why I am not grieved, O men of Athens, at the vote of condemnation. I expected it, and am only surprised that the votes are so nearly equal; for I had thought that the majority against me would have been far larger; but now, had thirty votes gone over to the other side, I should have been acquitted

If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon

Qualcuno, molto tempo fa, ha scritto che anche i libri, come gli esseri umani, hanno un loro destino, imprevedibile, diverso da quello che per loro si desiderava e si attendeva.

There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect. Few know how to remain silent and respect the silence of others.

Nel limbo di Staryje Doroghi mi sentivo sporco, stracciato, stanco, greve, estenuato dall'attesa, eppure giovane e pieno di potenze e rivolto verso l'avvenire.

Until one day there will be no more sense in saying: tomorrow.

I'm sitting on the edge of my seat, chin nestled in my hands, to see what God is going to do. With my children. With my husband. With me—a regular, everyday woman choosing to surrender to a life interrupted.

That hope is little more than the premonition of regret. This is the first lesson of history.

A sorcerer and a whore. Perhaps a certain desperation was to be expected of such unions, as though that strange word, "love," became profound in proportion to the degree one was scorned by others.

Watch. I'm going to make you read the next sentence. THE NEXT SENTENCE.

My first day back was a nonevent. I expected kids to make a big fuss and tell me how sorry they were about my dad and about the accident.

Are you ready to present your book reports?" Miss Shindling asked. The classroom erupted with sounds—chairs scraping, Trapper-Keepers being opened, papers being rustled, throats being cleared.

It's bound to be better than my first date! she told him.

Expecting anybody else?' Shane asked Eve. 'Your distant cousin Jack the Ripper dropping by too?' 'Screw you, Collins.

Besides, Shane said I want to see Monica's face when she catches sight of the two of you. Kodak moment.

I knew you'd come,Claire.I knew you would.Dear God,you took your time.

In an insane world, sanity made very little sense. No one expected me to live, and therefore, I did. Always.

I know, not what you were expecting am I? Everybody says that. Including my own family.

You let me believe all this time that I bound myself to you in exchange for getting published and being successful." Kathleen's mouth worked around the bitterness of the words. "You assumed that. And you know what they say, when you assume you make an ass out of…

You assumed that. And you know what they say, when you assume you make an ass out of…

Hope was a great deal like fear.