Quotes About Anticipation

One member of the company was still awaited; the shepherd-boy for the nymphs to woo, the knight for whom the ladies waited at the window, the prince that was to kiss the sleeping summer back to life and love. But when meadow-sweet, debonair and odorous in amber jerkin, moved graciously to his place in the group, then the play was ready to begin.

Far off we heard the clatter of hoofs. Arnold went to the window. "Ho!" he said. "Here's a friend of yours with

The central thing that Winslow could remember from this tme was the feeling of satisfaction he had, all the ride down with Carole King for company. As far as he could take it. As far as he could go. Something at least would happen next and this part would be over. He could feel the same movement starting up inside him, the same gathering wave, and wondered where it would leave him this time. Nothing to do, though. Nothing to do but wait and see.

And here it comes!

What do you think I'm going to do? she asked him. Whatever it is, he answered, I think you'll be terrified when it happens. Don't let that stop you.

Happiness like this is frightening....they only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something away from you

I suspect the truth is we are waiting, all of us, against unsurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.

I tell myself I am searching for something. But more and more, it feels like I am wandering, waiting for something to happen to me, something that will change everything, something that my whole life has been leading up to...

all the hardships a person had to face none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.

Sospecho que, en el fondo, lo que todos esperamos, contra todo pronóstico, es que nos suceda algo extraordinario.

They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you.

Mislim da je istina u tome da ?ekamo, svi mi, uprkos nepremostivim preprekama da nam se dogodi nešto izuzetno.

Tengo mucho miedo Y yo le pregunté: ¿Por qué?, y ella respondió: Porque soy profundamente feliz. Una felicidad así asusta. Le pregunté por qué y dijo: Sólo te permiten ser así de feliz cuando están preparándose para llevarse algo de ti.

When the ferry groaned and lurched away, leaving behind a trail of churned-up water. I thought Madaline would stand at the stern and wave and blow kisses. But she quickly moved toward the bow and took a seat. She didn't look our way.

suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.

Sempre più spesso mi sembra di aggirarmi senza meta, in attesa che qualcosa mi accada, qualcosa che cambierà tutto e verso cui tende tutta la mia vita.

Come sospetto, la verità è che, malgrado le difficoltà insormontabili, tutti noi aspettiamo sempre che ci succeda qualcosa di straordinario.

of you ask me for more. It's late, and we have a long day of travel ahead of us, Pari, you and I. You will need your sleep tonight. And you too, Abdullah.

La verità è che, malgrado le difficoltà insormontabili, tutti noi aspettiamo sempre che ci succeda qualcosa di straordinario.

I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us. What

Or was it in fact displaying the predatory patience for which polar bears are famed, lying quietly in anticipation of the moment when one of us would lean too far forward and into striking distance?

But Churchill lies directly in the path of polar bears that migrate from summer shelter to the coast of Hudson Bay in anticipation of the bay's waters freezing; it was one thing to have experienced, as I had on several occasions, a moose lying in the driveway or walking down the street, but the prospect of a large and hungry carnivore lurking around the corner seeming to me an entirely different proposition.

It was almost like I was expecting to get crushed.

But she had felt since childhod that her life would n ot be ordinary. A moment would come- she would know it when she saw it- and everything would change.