Expect Quotes

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How can I give you nothing? Do you seriously expect me to buy nothing, wrap up nothing, stick a gift tag on nothing, send a… — Hilary McKay
This is so much harder than I ever thought it would be...because the thing is, even if you're just working part-time, your boss is going… — Jennifer Weiner
We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. — C.S. Lewis
Everyone had told her, since she became a princess-in-training, that she was very likely the most beautiful woman in the world. Now she was going… — William Goldman
Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In any case, fire burns; that's its nature, and you can't expect to change that. You can use it to cook your meat or to… — Joanne Harris
Hope is the greatest madness. What can we expect of a world that we enter with the assurance of seeing our fathers and mothers die?… — Alfred de Vigny
As honest as you can expect a man to be in a world where its going out of style. — Raymond Chandler
People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused. — Jonathan Ames
I did not know that children think the hard questions they ask are easy and thus expect easy answers to them, and that they are… — Bernhard Schlink
If you're serious about sanctification, you can expect to experience heart-wrenching moments that try your faith, your endurance, and your patience. — Sheri L. Dew
The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and… — Nancy Mitford
Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want… — Marilyn Monroe
What would they do to me," he asked in confidential tones, "if I refused to fly them?" We'd probably shoot you," ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen replied. We?"… — Joseph Heller
Trusting God completely means having faith that He knows what is best for your life. You expect Him to keep His promises, help you with… — Rick Warren
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I… — Ann Landers
When a woman's face is wrinkled And her hairs are sprinkled, With gray, Lackaday! Aside she's cast, No one respect will pay; Remember, Lasses, remember.… — Ann Rinaldi
She sealed his lips with a wanton kiss; 'Though I forgive your breaking your vows to heaven, I expect you to keep your vows to… — Matthew Gregory Lewis
When forced to leave my house for an extended period of time, I take my typewriter with me, and together we endure the wretchedness of… — David Sedaris
..she began to stand around the gate and expect things. What things? She didn't know exactly. Her breath was gusty and short. She knew things… — Zora Neale Hurston

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