Quotes About Expectation

While it sounds interesting, it was really only a headache pressed between covers.

there was always a part of me that hoped for more, and so there was a part of me that was always a fool.

I brought you a feather with the spring wind in it, but since you were late...' she looked a me gravely, 'you get a coin instead.

Should I expect her to always love me best, and most, and only?

There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.

Ella esta ahora en los bastidores, a punto de salir a escena. Preparemos el escenario para su entrada...

No es lo mismo la verdad que lo que desearíamos que fuera verdad.

There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true. Sighing,

I didn't really have any idea how I would find her. Some foolish, romantic part of me thought I would know her when I saw her. If she were half as radiant as her voice, she would shine like a candle in a dark room. But as I thought these things, the wiser part of me was whispering in my other ear. Do not hope, it said. Do not dare hold hope that any woman could burn as brightly as the voice that sang the part of Aloine.

But still, I will try. She is in the wings now, waiting for her cue. Let us set the stage for her arrival….

No. No es lo mismo la verdad que lo que desearíamos que fuera verdad.

Tests were fine and good. Tests were important. Tests were like rehearsal. But all that really matters is what happens when the audience is watching. This is a truth all troupers know. Kilvin

I found what I had wanted most, yet it was not what I expected." He motioned for Chronicler to pick up his pen. "As is often the case when you gain your heart's desire.

Tests were fine and good. Tests were important. Tests were like rehearsal. But all that really matters is what happens when the audience is watching. This is a truth all troupers know.

as is often the case, especially for children, the anticipation proved much more exciting than the reality.

O que mais pode esperar - perguntou-lhe baixinho - de homens que têm demônios como vizinhos? Até o melhor dos cães é capaz de morder, se for chutado o suficiente.

Tõde ja see, mida me soovime tõde olevat, on erinevad asjad.

When you wait a few span or month to hear a finished song, the anticipation adds savor. But after a year excitement begins to sour. -Kvothe, The Name of the Wind, Ch. 12

I do not hope that this will be the one, for hoping is a foolish game.

When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it." Hespe

His lordship has something

When Ted walked in the door, silence fell across the room. The silence must have been especially clumsy, perhaps even hitting its head and losing consciousness, because no one spoke. Instead, everyone watched. It seemed like a scene from an old western, where a gunfighter itching for a shoot-out walks into a saloon. I half expected to see tumbleweeds roll by.

The Devil never shows up on time for his own staff meetings, preferring instead to make everyone else stew and wait. Sometimes it's a few minutes, sometimes a few weeks. It can get pretty ugly. Considering

I believe you were going to tell me what you want." "Your crewman is raising havoc on my ship." "You can't expect him to be lowering havoc. It just isn't done," I said to an incredulous look from the goblin. "Besides you can't expect havoc to raise itself. I bet Sun would make a great father figure.