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Quotes About Anticipation

With cold hands he massaged her right foot, his fingertips digging into all the right places to make her groan. Feel good? he asked. You can't imagine. You have until midnight to stop. He chuckled. Why midnight? Because from then until daylight you can work on the other foot.
~ Carolyn Brown
My grandpa always said not to think spring was here until after Easter, and that's not until the end of April this year.
~ Carolyn Brown
We're not going to borrow trouble until we know there's trouble to be had
~ Carolyn Brown
Everything was going according to plan. What caught me off guard, however, was the fact that this eagerly awaited phase brought a sense of loss to me that triggered a whole new wave of soul searching I had not anticipated.
~ Carolyn Custis James
Give me a hint," George begged. "I can hardly wait!
~ Carolyn Keene
The young sleuth smiled to herself. "I wish that phantom boat would appear! I'd like to know what it looks like.
~ Carolyn Keene
Kendall's eyes lit up. "You have no idea, Noreen. He
~ Carolyn Keene
Dad, that's wonderful!" Nancy exclaimed. "I hope we hear something soon." Her father chuckled. "When you were a little girl, Nancy, you were always eager to have things happen. I used to say to you, 'Hold your horses!' Now I'm saying it again. Don't get your hopes up too high." Nancy laughed. "Spoken like a lawyer," she teased, and then said good-by.
~ Carolyn Keene
And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would not wander out into the darkness beyond tomorrow.
~ Carson McCullers
The Captain swallowed his capsules and lay down in the dark with pleasant anticipation. This quantity of the drug gave him a unique and voluptuous sensation; it was as though a great dark bird alighted on his chest, looked at him once with fierce, golden eyes, and stealthily enfolded him in his dark wings.
~ Carson McCullers
Afterward the Captain was to tell himself that in this one instant he knew everything. Actually, in a moment when a great but unknown shock is expected, the mind instinctively prepares itself by abandoning momentarily the faculty of surprise. In that vulnerable instant a kaleidoscope of half-guessed possibilities project themselves, and when the disaster has defined itself there is the feeling of having understood beforehand in some supernatural way.
~ Carson McCullers
Ninguno de ellos sabía por qué estaban allí o lo que harían, pero sabían que tenían que esperar, y que la hora se acercaba
~ Carson McCullers
Jack, please," she whispered, even though she had no idea what it is she was begging for. "You want sex, I'll give you sex." His low, deep voice embodied control, and did the strangest things to her body. "But before I put my cock inside you, I want to touch and taste every inch of you.
~ Cathryn Fox
You were always going to see me again.' He grins. 'I had a promise to keep, didn't I?' Neither of us point out that it was a promise to say goodbye.
~ Cathy Cassidy
With a glance over her shoulder to ensure no one saw them, she charged up the stairs. Mr. Aldercy fell into step behind her, and they hurried like schoolchildren afraid of being caught in a prank. However, at the top of the stairs, games stopped. He whisked her up the last step, twirled her around until her back was against the wall, and kissed her.
~ Cathy Maxwell
I always knew this day would come. I just didn't know where, or when. I certainly never imagined it would be in a place like this, on a planet killer the like of which the galaxy has never seen. A million voices cry out as one, washing over me, their pain my own.
~ Cavan Scott
Thunder rumbled overhead, the first drops of the promised storm finally falling.
~ Cavan Scott
For the yesterdays and todays, and the tomorrows I can hardly wait for - Thank you.
~ Cecelia Ahern
I am hungry for something to do, somewhere to go.
~ Cecelia Ahern
Ruby: Oh Rosie Dunne, expect the unexpected for once. Maybe this time you won't get such a shock when things don't go your way.
~ Cecelia Ahern
Girls were like that, though- they had to know things. They had to plan.
~ Cecily von Ziegesar
In the movie that was her life, he'd just asked her to marry him, and the answer was yes, oh, yes. Definitely-yes! Cue straitjacket.
~ Cecily von Ziegesar
Next year at this time, we're going to be hanging out with some new bunch of friends we met at college. People we don't even know exist yet.
~ Cecily von Ziegesar
which may probably come to pass)
~ Celia Rees