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Quotes About Anticipation

It is anticipation and recollection that fill the heart—never the sensation of the moment.
~ Roger Zelazny
It is a pain in the ass waiting around for someone to try to kill you.
~ Roger Zelazny
Predosje?aji su se igrali lovice u dubinama moga uma, ali niti jedan od njih nije mi se svi?ao dovoljno da bih ga poveo na ru?ak.
~ Roger Zelazny
I've been waiting for you since the beginning of Time, Corwin." "Must have been a bit tiresome.
~ Roger Zelazny
Something was approaching from beyond the shrub-lined bend. His stream of consciousness fell still. His was now the passive eye of the hunter, discerning everything before it without reflection. His breathing slowed even further. Time ceased to exist. Now .
~ Roger Zelazny
You always surprise me-right at the end.
~ Roger Zelazny
Flora shook her head. I have decided that it is improbable that she will answer the door.
~ Roger Zelazny
To make someone wait: the constant prerogative of all power, age-old pastime of humanity.
~ Roland Barthes
Am I in love? - Yes, since I'm waiting. The other never waits. Sometimes I want to play the part of the one who doesn't wait; I try to busy myself elsewhere, to arrive late; but I always lose at this game: whatever I do, I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time. The lover's fatal identity is precisely: I am the one who waits.
~ Roland Barthes
Am I in love? – yes, since I am waiting. The other one never waits. Sometimes I want to play the part of the one who doesn't wait; I try to busy myself elsewhere, to arrive late; but I always lose at this game. Whatever I do, I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time. The lover's fatal identity is precisely this: I am the one who waits.
~ Roland Barthes
The lover's fatal identity is precisely: I am the one who waits.
~ Roland Barthes
I am waiting for an arrival, a return, a promised sign... Everything is solemn: I have no sense of proportions.
~ Roland Barthes
Thus, Hamilton triumphed posthumously over Burr, converting the latter's victory at Weehawken into his political coup de grâce. Burr's reputation perished along with Hamilton, exactly as Hamilton had anticipated.
~ Ron Chernow
I am so tired. It is so long. I want to see Hamilton.
~ Ron Chernow
Junior waited more than a year to depart from the company.
~ Ron Chernow
Rockefeller always sees a little further than the rest of us—and then he sees around the corner.
~ Ron Chernow
Such a time never came.
~ Ron Chernow
She said, "You say no one ever is sure what to expect. On either side. Which is a good thing. It means the game goes to the fastest thinker. That's all I need to be." "Correct," I said. "Weird things are going to happen, and things are going to change, and the ground is going to move under our feet, but if we keep on thinking fast, we'll be OK.
~ Lee Child
Rule two: watch his eyes. If they stayed up, he was going to swing. If they dropped down, he was going to kick.
~ Lee Child
Below us the young guy was talking through the door seal again. His body language was placatory. He was squirming and patting the air and glancing hopefully toward the road. They're coming, I promise. And then they came.
~ Lee Child
Hope for the best.' 'But plan for the worst.
~ Lee Child
He drew back the string an extra inch. The arrowhead moved backward, the same inch, toward his hand, clenched tight around the grip. The bow curved harder. It sang with tension.
~ Lee Child
She set out toward the stairs, and the Cadillac driver anticipated her coming predicament, and he threw out a Wait gesture, and went up to meet her. He collapsed her bag's handle and carried it down, ahead of her, as if showing her the way. He put the bag in the trunk, and she got in the rear seat, and he got back behind the wheel, and the car pulled out and drove away.
~ Lee Child
You threatening me now?" "More like the weather report. A public service. Like a tornado warning. Prepare to take cover.
~ Lee Child