Expect Quotes

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Peculiar or not, it is my idea of pleasure. Why, why else do you lead this life you don't enjoy it? Don't talk of duty… — Barbara Mertz
never could I expect to be so truly beloved and important; so always first and always right in any man's eyes as I am in… — Jane Austen
The Death Eaters can't all be pure-blood, there aren't enough pure-blood wizards left," said Hermione stubbornly. "I expect most of them are half-bloods pretending to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Body adornments show that we're aware of our bodies and expect others to be aware as well. — Nora Roberts
pulled into my convenient neighborhood fast food restaurant. I ordered shrimp salad, onion rings, and a beer. The shrimp were straight out of the freezer,… — Haruki Murakami
The problem is whether we are determined to go in the direction of compassion or not. If we are, then can we reduce the suffering… — Nhat Hanh
Last night you said you wanted to know what to expect so you could better select your attire. I told you we were going to… — Karen Marie Moning
Once youâ€™ve lived a little you will find that whatever you send out into the world comes back to you in one way or another.… — Slash
But I know now that you can't expect anything from anybody. If somebody loves you, it's because he wants to. And it's never because it's… — Cynthia Rylant
To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair. — James Hillman
Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity can be a… — Saul Bellow
All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be. — Tennessee Williams
Optimism is the first cousin of love, and it's exactly like love in three ways: it's pushy, it has no real sense of humour, and… — Gregory David Roberts
...You don't always get what you expect. I wish someone, sometime when I was growing up, would have told me what expectations would get me.… — Chris Crutcher
The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged… — John Marshall
I'm here to tell you, though, ladies that the term "gold digger" is one of the traps we men set to keep you off our… — Steve Harvey
At first, there is something you expect of life. Later, there is what life expects of you. By the time you realize these are the… — Shirley Hazzard
You know, it's a funny thing about writers. Most people don't stop to think of books being written by people much like themselves. They think… — Cornelia Funke
Have I mentioned that I expect death around every turn, that every blue sky has a safe sailing out of it, that every bus runs… — Rick Moody

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