Quotes About Expectation

Vasic said the words on Aden's tongue. "The Arrows expect mercy from no one.

First you throw bread at my head and bow you expect me to be a movie critic- Raphael said to Elena

I said I would kiss you. I never said where I would kiss you." [...] "A kiss between two people is, by definition, on the lips," she argued. [...] "But this isn't about two people kissing. It's me kissing you .

Kaleb hadn't expected anything else—if he were on the other side, he wouldn't trust himself either.

Jeremy Vance had rescued a broken bird, expecting her to stay broken. But of course Sarah hadn't been willing to be frozen in time.

I'm happy to be here," he thought to himself as he shined an old woman's mirror, "and I know this is better than the Great Swamp of Ink, but it isn't what I expected at all.

The revelation awaits an appointed time . . . Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay. —Habakkuk 2:3

So often, life isn't what we expect—or want—it to be. I know this isn't the most profound statement, but it's true—shit happens . . . and we just either have to soldier on . . . or not.

Being the one doing something is always so much easier than being the one waiting.

I think housework is far more tiring and frightening than hunting is, no comparison, and yet after hunting we had eggs for tea and were made to rest for hours, but after housework people expect one to go on just as if nothing special had happened.

The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.

I am old enough to know something of the world and young enough to hope for something better.

so you won't see anything spectacular for a while. There's mostly farmland

When you're living your life in endurance mode, you don't expect anything good to happen. I'm not saying you don't dream about some miracle that would change everything for the better. But you pretty much know it's only a fantasy, and that you have no real control over anything.

My chair was empty, as if I had just stepped away from the table and the True Family expected me to return at any moment.

It wasn't really as though I wanted either of them. I just expected them to be there when I needed them. I just expected that they'd stay where I put them, wouldn't cause trouble. They were both so obedient.

He would only shrug and look at me expectantly again, waiting for high magic: magic that came only when you made some larger version of yourself with words and promises, and then stepped inside and somehow grew to fill it.

Mystery: Everything felt better before you got there than when you actually got there. When you actually got there, you didn't quite have the energy to be there.

Second life lesson, kid: always know what you're getting yourself into.

One must never ask of fortune more than she can grant

A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

One must never ask more from fortune than she can grant.

Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.