Quotes About Anticipation

I drank to the imminent of His Coming, he repeated, with a sincere attempt to feel that the coming was imminent; but the eyebrow continued to haunt him, and the Coming, as far as he was concerned, was horribly remote.

four-seater sporticopter. They'd be late for dinner if he didn't come soon.

Los sentimientos proliferan en el intervalo que media entre el deseo y su realización

four-seater sporticopter. They'd be late for dinner if he didn't come soon. "We'll give him five more minutes," said Helmholtz. "If he doesn't turn up by then we'll…" The ringing of the telephone bell interrupted him. He picked up the receiver. "Hullo. Speaking." Then, after a long interval of listening

Las respuestas que se esperan con impaciencia siempre llegan cuando uno no está en casa.

We dreamt of light, but hoped for darkness.

Ogni tanto mi chiedo cosa mai stiamo aspettando. Silenzio. Che sia troppo tardi, madame.

Kartais svarstau, ko mes vis laukiame. Tyla. - Kad b?t? per v?lu, madam.

Writing to someone is the only way to wait for him without hurting oneself.

Écrire à quelqu'un est la seule manière de l'attendre sans se faire de mal.

Scrivere a qualcuno è l'unico modo di aspettarlo senza farsi del male.

En los ojos de la gente puede verse lo que verán, no lo que han visto.

A un certo punto una di quelle porte si aprì. Io per un attimo ebbi l'assoluta certezza che lei sarebbe uscita da lì, e mi sarebbe passata accanto, senza dire una parola. L'uomo scosse leggermente il capo. - Però non accadde nulla, perché alla vita manca sempre qualcosa per essere perfetta.

Quasi ogni giorno, ormai da anni, prende la penna in mano e le scrive. Non ha nomi e non ha indirizzi da mettere sulle buste: ma ha una vita da raccontare. E a chi, se non a lei? Lui pensa che quando si incontreranno sarà bello posarle sul grembo una scatola di mogano piena di lettere e dirle – Ti aspettavo.

era come se aspettasse che prima le si restituisse qualcosa.

Negli occhi della gente si vede quello che vedranno, non quello che hanno visto. Così, diceva: quello che vedranno.

Wait and hope for!

Very few people imagine their own future accurately. And then they're often pleasantly surprised.

That, of course, is always a good time to think—when you know that you are going to have to do something, but you know that you do not have to do it just yet.

The queue for happiness was not well ordered, he thought; it stretched out and wound round corners, and sometimes, it seemed, the end was so hard to see.

Do you know what makes for a good still life? I'll tell you: it's when the painter manages to convey a sense that something is about to happen. The objects in the painting all look immobile, but as you contemplate them you begin to feel that at any moment there could be movement. Somebody might come into the room. A storm might blow up outside. The wind will move the curtains. All of these things might happen.

Il va arriver. Quand il aura fini de danser avec de jeunes demoiselles ou de faire ce qu'il est en train de faire, il viendra.

Annabelle finished the explanation. "It's just that they take some time to happen. That's the difference.

Now that he had invited Tilly, William found himself trying to remember what she looked like. It was almost like going on a blind date, he thought, something that previously he would never have dreamed of doing but he now found rather exciting. She was certainly attractive, he was sure of that, even if he had seen her only once, and for a very brief period.