Quotes About Expectation

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

At the very least marriage is a miscarriage of expectation, at its worst a wrenching disappointment with destiny.

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window.

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

Being single at a friend's wedding always makes you think, when is it my turn?

Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle

I didn't expect you to do all this work, Maizy. You probably don't even need to come over every day." And that made him feel so sorry for himself. What would he do without her company?

He hoped she was gazing into the future that included him. A shiver rushed down his spine, and he wasn't sure if it was longing or fear. Truth be told, it was a little of both.

we played Indian music—grass dance songs and powwow stuff—the marshals thought these were our death songs and got all worked up, expecting a banzai charge. One

I want to live today in anticipation of what you will do next instead of constantly complaining about what isn't pristine in my life.

I thought grandmothers had to like you. It's a law or something.

I can't promise you any tomorrows. And that was all I wanted.

Anything else up your sleeve I should know about?" "If I told you, it wouldn't be fun, would it?" "Should I be concerned?" "Probably.

I know the arranged marriage planted seeds of doubt for you, but someone will come along, someone worthy of you. And you'll know it the minute you meet him." (pg 142)

but he didn't kid himself. Seventeen years was too long

glass of juice and a bowl of cornflakes, and hopefully was now

Giving in its purest form is done with a heart that says I wish it were more, and I expect nothing in return.

specially looking forward to something else, to him and

There is a moment each day when it is morning before it is morning. Darkness still hovers over the deep. Those who wait for the dawn can hear it even before they see it.

Para um homem, a mulher é como uma pintura ou uma estátua clássica. Ele escolhe uma e leva para casa, esperando que combine com a mobília existente lá.

Life is a good deal more comfortable if one doesn't expect it to be fair.

In times like these, I think it's a good policy to hope for the best, but expect the worst.

For as long as she could remember, Frances's parents has told her stories about England. But when she got there, the real England wasn't like the stories at all.

But I am too young yet to think of peace. It is not peace that I want. Peace is for forty or fifty. I am waiting for my Experience.