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There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be. — Michael Cunningham
If hatred strikes you, if you get accused, thrown to the lions, you can expect one of two reactions from people who know you: some… — Milan Kundera
I followed you.' I saw no one.' That is what you may expect to see when I follow you. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Perhaps I need some shattering experience to awaken and inspire me, or at least to give me some emotion to recollect in tranquility. But how… — Barbara Pym
Each of us may think we know exactly what we need to make us happy, what will be good for us, what will ensure we… — Jane Green
It is absurd to expect the inclinations and wishes of two human beings to coincide, through any long period of time. To oblige them to… — William Godwin
I've always been a 'your parents have got to come up to the school' type of person. Even now, when I do something wrong -… — Russell Brand
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing. — Ayn Rand
It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men. — Mary Wollstonecraft
Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable… — Thomas Paine
Every reformation must have its victims. You canâ€™t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigalâ€™s return. — Hector Hugh Munro
she had long accepted the fact that happiness is like swallows in Spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not.… — Elizabeth Goudge
When love first happens, the individuals are giving each other energy unconsciously and both people feel buoyant and elated. That's the incredible high we call… — James Redfield
At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you… — Zane Grey
There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan… — Nicholas Sparks
You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged. — Jane Austen
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to… — William Penn
Well, what do you expect? The Comedian is dead. — Alan Moore
We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws. — Hunter S. Thompson
...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words conceal? — Hilda Doolittle

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