Expected Quotes

1453 quotes by 1199 authors

I can't save you like that Ty. What you did to me wasn't this brilliant thing, like you think it was. You took me away… — Lucy Christopher
But Sam turned to Bywater, and so came back up the Hill, as day was ending once more. And he went on, and there was… — J.R.R. Tolkien
When Rome burned, the emperor's cats still expected to be fed on time. — Mira Grant
NO!â€ The scream was the more terrible because he had never expected or dreamed that Professor McGonagall could make such a sound. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Why do you look like cheese, Beka?" Nestor asked me quietly. "We've got help." I was too flummoxed to tell him I hadn't expected help… — Tamora Pierce
The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he hadnt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because… — Karen Marie Moning
...a box where she was expected to be sweet and sensitive (but not oversensitive); a box for young and pretty girls who were not as… — E. Lockhart
They found me at the kitchen table. Derek said, "There's something we need to tell you," and from the look on Andrew's face, I think… — Kelley Armstrong
Weapons are allowed. Dirty tricks are expected. But try not to kill anybody!â€ Tantalus smiled at us like we were all naughty children. â€œAny killing… — Rick Riordan
Ross was a firm believer that you could not force circumstance. You could buckle your seat belt, but still crash the car. You could throw… — Jodi Picoult
If my attitude be on of fear, not faith, about the one who has disappointed me; if I say â€œJust what I expected,â€ if a… — Amy Carmichael
Self-deceitâ€”Itâ€™s in the â€œNine Satanic Statementsâ€ but deserves to be repeated here. Another cardinal sin. We must not pay homage to any of the sacred… — Anton Szandor LaVey
So you shun me? - you shut yourself up and grieve alone! I would rather you had come and upbraided me with vehemence. You are… — Charlotte Bronte
She was very young...she still expected something from life, she did not understand that to push an inconvenient person over a cliff solves nothing. — George Orwell
He was still frowning at the cake, looking at it as if he expected it to sprout dozens of legs and begin scuttling toward him,… — Karen Marie Moning
It's hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true. — Jay Asher
Maybe this is why Misty loved him. Loved you. Because you believed in her so much more than she did. You expected more from her… — Chuck Palahniuk
Aren't you frightened?" Somehow I expected her to say no, to say something wise like a grownup would, or to explain that we can't presume… — Nicholas Sparks
I have done what they expected of me. I have curtsied for my Queen and made my debut. This is what I have anticipated eagerly… — Libba Bray
I often think that at the center of me is a voice that at last did split, a house in my heart so invaded with… — Lorrie Moore

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