Quotes About Anticipation

The books burned while most of us were waiting to see if we were about to witness the end of the world.

At this point I realized it was just as well that I never saw a ghost orchid, so that it could never disappoint me, and so it would remain forever something I wanted to see.

It was like the moment before you open a present, still hidden inside its box and wrappings; while you're waiting to find out what it is, the eagerness and impatience and curiosity and anticipation grip you in an even stronger, more thrilling way than you feel after you find out what's inside.

Wow. This book must be really good, mustn't it?

Even when you know something bad will happen, you still might not see it coming.

The trees in the park swayed and shuddered in anticipation, with delight or dread I do not know.

Maybe you got a date in the city. You're going to get laid. A stranger, someone new, 'cause you wouldn't take the trouble for someone you already fucked.

Jane to Cosmo-- So you're thinking, you know, 'WTF, I thought we were going to do the horizontal mambo, and she has /questions/?' But really, I'm just keeping the conversation going until we can get into the bedroom, because I know that as soon as I touch you, I'm going to go up in flames, and I really don't want our first time to be on my office floor. Or on my desk. I mean, how would I ever get anything done again with that kind of vibe coming off of it?

What she wanted was right there, between them, pressed against her stomach—so big and accessible and user-friendly—neatly covered and ready to go.

While I was waiting...I ate your lunch.

She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath, and then you can hear a pin drop, and I'm feeling nauseous and so desperately hoping that it's not me, that it's not me, that it's not me. Effie Trinket crosses back to the podium, smoothes the slip of paper, and reads out the name in a clear voice. And it's not me. It's Primrose Everdeen.

I walk around the room eating goose liver and puffy bread until there's a knock on the door. Effie's calling me to dinner. Good. I'm starving.

Anything else?" Haymitch rises to go. "While I was waiting... I ate your lunch.

Maybe I'll be like that man in "The Hanging Tree'. Still waiting for an answer.

Got it," I say. "Did you tell Peeta this?" "Don't have to," says Haymitch. "He's already there.

I can't fight the sun. I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into a day that I've been dreading for months. Katniss Everdeen

I take Peeta's face in my hands. "Don't worry. I'll see you at midnight.

your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true,

It's my new best friend, Claudius Templesmith, and as I expected it, he's inviting us to a feast.

She was certainly taking a long time with those potatoes.

This is the day of the reaping.

you can feel something in the air, the rolling boil of a pot about to run over. Not

They weren't expecting the attack.

At midnight, I'm standing outside the door to his cell. Hospital room.