Expected Quotes

1453 quotes by 1199 authors

But maybe as I get older, I begin to see beauty where I least expected it before. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
There was less than Iâ€™d expected in the rainy-day fund that Mom had kept in the bottom of an underwear drawer in a panty hose… — Adam Rex
Okay, so if that's not real, what is? What counts, to you?" He thought for a second, then said, "I don't know. Just because someone's… — Sarah Dessen
You havenâ€™t changed at all. I expected a perceptible difference, but here you are, red-faced just like always. — Stephenie Meyer
Anyway, I want to remember that love can happen. Because there is life after not having a life. I never expected love to happen. What… — Douglas Coupland
About halfway through I broke down crying, which I hadn't expected. I was a little ashamed, but only a little;it was her, you see, and… — Stephen King
She reached into her coat pocket and felt two things she hadn't expected.... One was a wad of cash... she brought out the money. Leo… — Rick Riordan
So this was it. You take a wrong step and you end up wearing yesterday's underwear, sitting on the carpet trying to teach yourself how… — Kate Jacobs
Well chaps first I'd like to say a few vile things more or less at random, not only because it is expected of me but… — Donald Barthelme
Valentine had long ago observed that in a society that expected chastity and fidelity, like Lusitania, the adolescents who controlled and channeled their youthful passions… — Orson Scott Card
Oh, and Cammie," At the sounds of his voice, I spun around, expecting to hear him crack a joke or call me Gallagher Girl. The… — Ally Carter
I don't know why it's called "getting lost." Even when you turn down the wrong street, when you find yourself at the dead end of… — Jodi Picoult
This was the last thing I expected. You destroy my life and then feed me some inspiratonal philosophy. — Richelle Mead
I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation. I expected â€” an arrival, an… — Marilynne Robinson
And so began something that had not quite begun and would not soon end, with many people in many places moving off in directions and… — Tom Clancy
The girls were expected to grow up to be somebody's wife. They were also expected to read and write, those being considered soft indoor jobs… — Terry Pratchett
My house seems remarkably full of people," he observed. "Is it possible we were expected. — Georgette Heyer
The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected… — Alain de Botton
To those who are given much, much is expected. — Maya Angelou
To show too much joy in a place such as this would be unseemly but, as he padded toward her, his tail was extended in… — Eva Ibbotson

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