Expect Quotes

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I am older than you. Believe me, there is no other way to live on earth. Men are not open to truth or reason. They… — Ayn Rand
I find more and more that I am a man of the 1920s. I still expect something exciting. Drinks, animated conversation, gaiety: the uninhibited exchange… — Edmund Wilson
... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect. — Lisa Kleypas
When you love someone, you expect them to love you back the same way - with a singleness of heart. — Colleen Coble
Fix yourself something to drink," she said. "I don't have any Mr. Pepper." "You mean Dr. Pepper?" "For the love of God!" She exploded. "People… — Elizabeth Chandler
It was so much more comfortable to be able to divide people into heroes and villains and expect them to play their allotted part. — Mary Balogh
Sometimes when you least expect it, the tables turn and that scary feeling that has taken hold of you for so long somehow turns into… — David Archuleta
Be brave and be patient. Have faith in yourself; trust in the significance of your life and the purpose of your passion. You are strong… — Jillian Michaels
Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will… — Ramana Maharshi
See, when you mess something up, you learn for the next time. It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect… — Ned Vizzini
I don't see much future for the Americans ... it's a decayed country. And they have their racial problem, and the problem of social inequalities… — Adolf Hitler
Then there is the matter of my mother's abandonment of me. Again, this is the common experience. They walk ahead of us, and walk too… — Marilynne Robinson
Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But… — Suzanne Collins
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HADN'T SAVED HIM? "Yes! The sun would have risen just the same, yes?" NO "Oh, come on. You can't… — Terry Pratchett
to hope was to expect — Jane Austen
Really now: If you can't get me my newspaper on time, how can you expect me to refrain from killing people? — Jeff Lindsay
Avoid providing material for the drama that is always stretched tight between parents and children; it uses up much of the childrenâ€™s strength and wastes… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Eventually, I told myself not to expect anything from him, and as a result it has gotten easier for me to take what comes. — Jodi Picoult
I remembered her once saying that life was like your shoes. You couldn't simply expect or imagine that your shoes would fit perfectly. Shoes that… — Henning Mankell

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