Quotes About Anticipation

The spirit of quarrelsome comradeship which he had observed lately in his rival had not seduced Stephen from his habits of quiet obedience. He mistrusted the turbulence and doubted the sincerity of such comradeship which seemed to him a sorry anticipation of manhood.

sigh of leaves and waves, waiting, awaiting the fullness of their times

The hour when he too would take part in the life of that world seemed drawing near and in secret he began to make ready for the great part which he felt awaited him the nature of which he only dimly apprehended.

Waiting rooms. Ye go into this room where ye wait. Hoping's the same. One of these days the cunts'll build entire fucking buildings just for that. Official hoping rooms, where ye just go in and hope for whatever the fuck ye feel like hoping for.

If you have attended the dying, you know what their last moments are like. They anticipate the separation of themselves from the world of the living before you do, and they accept it with dignity and without complaint

There is no more grand moment in a writer's life than typing the first sentence of a new book.

But a line sergeant told me something I never forgot. 'Don't think about it before it happens, and don't think about it when it's over.

It was so beautiful I could hardly keep my eyes off it. "Father, it's so big," I said. He grinned. "This is nothing, Tim. Wait till we get down to Verplancks

The future is a strange monster. The less there is of it, the more it frightens.

Tell them I'm coming, mr. Jones.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

Where was the catch? 'Cause I knew one was coming.

Fang: When do I get out of here? Max: They say a week. Fang: So, like, tomorrow? Max: That's what I'm thinking.

Iggy nodded. "I'm bummed we couldn't use Big Boy," he said. "But I don't want to waste it. We have to actually see them first. I mean, you do." "Maybe tomorrow," the Gasman said encouragingly. "We'll go see what havoc we've wreaked." "Wrought.

Do I open it? Do I open it? Of course I freaking open it!

you plan to fail if you fail to plan

So this is how happy feels, I thought. The energy, the automatic smile. This is what it's like to look forward to the day, to believe there could be good things coming.

Oh no, it's tomorrow again.

Okeydokey," I said to myself. "Provisions, check. Clothes, check. Enough explosives to pose a legitimate threat to multiple small countries-" I eyed the duffel bags that Gazzy and Iggy had packed- "check.

You know the pop is coming, but damn if it don't always surprise you.

He felt nervous and excited an happy and kind of filled with dread, all at the same time. It was the most emotion he'd never experienced...

IF YOU ASK ME A PERSON DOESNT GET ENOUGH SURPRISES IN A LIFE TIME.

Five minutes," I said, and walked away, but my heart was still going just as fast as before. This was only half over. Was it five minutes until I pulled this off? Or five minutes to live?

That's when I realized she hadn't really left for good. She'd just gone on ahead a little.