Quotes About Anticipation

Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in, fell a trifle short of the wearer's expectation.

To return to poor Darnay," said Carton. "Don't tell Her of this interview, or this arrangement. It would not enable Her to go to see him. She might think it was contrived, in case of the worst, to convey to him the means of anticipating the sentence.

When the Attorney-General ceased, a buzz arose in the court as if a cloud of great blue-flies were swarming about the prisoner, in anticipation of what he was soon to become.

Years Later II. A Sight III. A Disappointment IV. Congratulatory V. The Jackal VI. Hundreds of People

Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has Great Expectations.

If, any sunny forenoon, she had spread a little pair of wings and flown away before my eyes, I don't think I should have regarded it as much more than I had had reason to expect.

I shall be there before the commencement.

Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing...

We made no more provision for growing older, than we did for growing younger.

Alice!" said the visitor's mild voice, "am I late to-night?" "You always seem late, but are always early.

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different.

Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the best anticipations. It is not much matter if things do not turn out well.

We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there.

In Westphalia, Germany, little girls set a lady-bird on the end of their forefinger and ask it in rhyme when they will be married; in one year? two years? three years? etc.; and they grow very impatient if the insect lets them count too high before it flies away.

To the lover waiting for his love no sound is sadder than the tardy striking of the hours.

Why is Monday so far from Friday, and yet Friday is so near to Monday?

There are two times of year: October and waiting for October.

Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul... but I must confess that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October.

...like stealing the juice from tomorrow's fruit.

I don't answer the phone. I get the feeling whenever I do that there will be someone on the other end.

#WhenIWasYourAge: It took a week to learn whether your photos came out okay.

What is taken from you before you get it? Your photograph.

Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.

But somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.