Quotes About Anticipation

of life's important connections and mysteries. I was hoping that maybe someday she would

Someone who shakes a tree needs to be ready for what might fall on him. - Craig Carney

A saying of Sun-tzu's hammered through her head: "A victorious army wins its victories before seeking battle.

quivering, as if she couldn't decide whether to laugh or frown. I love my mom, and I have no idea how she can find Rafe funny. It must be a gene I missed. "So, are you two excited for your first day?" Mom asked. Changing the subject. Nicely done, Mom. "I can't wait," Rafe and I said together. Only his voice clearly meant "I can wait," while my voice meant "I'm so excited that I'm about to explode!

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

However, I had been hoping that Donald Trump would just drop me off in one of his helicopters.

wait on line at

show up soon, too. Supposedly, he had the final plans

heightened sexual tension could.

If you're waiting, that's a good thing. It's when we all rush in and jump on you that you should worry.

TWENTY-TWO HOURS AND FORTY-NINE MINUTES LATER (NOT THAT I WAS COUNTING OR ANYTHING) To:

The door swung open under

Neither of them were surprised

What do you think their game plan is? Why the delay?" Jean sits down across from her

A victorious army wins its victories before seeking battle.

When I got my copy, I flipped all the way to the back of the book. There were sixteen sections and twenty-six pages total. In other words, we were going to be lucky to get out of this assembly by Christmas.

the price of admission. He didn't think it could ever get better than that. But then she'd gotten

But I knew that I wouldn't learn the end of our story tonight—and I hoped I wouldn't, not for a very long time.

roadway. We didn't stop at the house, but instead rounded the corner and stopped a block away. Stepping out and

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

still didn't have any idea how I was going to pull this whole thing off, but it almost didn't matter. I just couldn't wait to start figuring it out. In fact—and please don't tell anyone I said this—for the first time in my life, I was actually looking forward to going back to school.

There are more on my list, and we'll get to them eventually. Or maybe not. I'm not exactly sure how this is going to work out. As you can probably tell, this is my first full-length book.

TWENTY-TWO HOURS AND FORTY-NINE MINUTES LATER (NOT THAT I WAS COUNTING OR ANYTHING)

You said give him another night," Bree said. "We gave him one. He could be in there