Quotes About Anticipation

William untucked the covers and stood, making a mental list of everything he'd need for the coming trip. A few blades, serrated and nonserrated. A vial of acid. A bone saw. A spiked paddle. A cat-o'-nine-tails. And a bag of Gummy Bears. Gods, but this was going to be fun.

I think he's going to kiss the lobe but he whispers

What do you think we'll find?" Strider asked, his features pensive as he peered at Lucien. "And why the hell do you now look capable of murder? These last few weeks the only expression you've given us was bored. I mention the temples and hello, demon.

I bought you a chocolate cake." Cake? "Gimme!" Yeah, I'm that easy. I rush over, only to skid to a stop when he adds, "Elena ate it while I was out. So you get fruit." Bitch gonna get cut!

Stiamo davvero per fare sesso?» chiese Ashlyn senza fiato, la voce vibrante di timida speranza. «Oh, sì» rispose Maddox avanzando verso di lei. «Puoi starne certa, bellezza.»

The bridges you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren't there.

One of the problems of prevention is that you rarely know about the disasters you averted.

Dr. Seuss books, Oh, the Places You'll Go. The book describes the dreaded Waiting Place, where people wait for the fish to bite, wind to fly a kite, for Uncle Jake, for pots to boil, or a better break …

makes me angry when we need to make some heroic, diving catch because of someone else's lack of planning.

Let's not borrow trouble till it's actually here.

The idea of a hot bath hung in the future like the promise of Christmas or a new book in a favourite series.

Irene hated trusting to luck. It was no substitute for good planning and careful preparation.

If New York was a piece of music, then this was the ominous pause leading up to an intense climax.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

I was totally psyched. I heard if you sit in the front row at a Knicks game, the players will, like, actually sweat on you. That would be SO sweet. Ed. Note: NO IT WOULDN'T (eeeew)

Lheeets gheet rheeedy to rhuuuuum-bal.

Designed to be heard precisely in the order laid down, it [Anthology of American Folk Music compiled by Harry Smith] anticipated the sort of musical collage that would become perhaps the most widely practiced American art form: the personal mixtape of favorite songs.

The trick here is, while the actual pleasure begins to recede and blur, we simultaneously bring the imagined pleasure more fully into focus. And when we do, even the memory of the pleasure becomes more and more heightened and imagined, thus anticipation is increased. This kind of anticipation is the spiritual equivalent of a Cheeto and we want them to eat the whole bag.

And so, wish becomes pang; the crave, an ache; pleasure, pain. Losing all its pleasure, anticipation cuts the opposite direction and becomes merely a constant, painful reminder of what they've lost, forever.

Woyzeck - Gidiyorum ben, herÅŸey umulur. Ä°nsan! Her ÅŸey umulur.

What the Hell am I supposed to do with the extra ten minutes, when he finishes early today?

There's a moment coming. It's not here yet. It's still on the way. It's in the future. It hasn't arrived. Here it comes. Here it is It's gone.

Forget the past - the future will give you plenty to worry about.

You might define vision as foresight with insight based on hindsight.