Expected Quotes

1453 quotes by 1199 authors

Trust is a fragile thing - difficult to build, easy to break. It cannot be bargained for. Only if it is freely given it can… — Peter Lerangis
Our ancestors derived less from life than we do, but they also expected much less and were less intent on controlling the future. We are… — Amin Maalouf
As expected life isn't that sweet at all. When I came to Tokyo I thought I could achieve anything with my own two hands. It's… — Ai Yazawa
This wasn't the way he had expected his life to be. It worked, but that was about all. Happiness had got lost somewhere along the… — John Ajvide Lindqvist
A kiss can be like the world turning over. It can be like the tide of a dragon's dream washing through the unseen world that… — Kate Elliott
ONCE WHEN I WAS ninth grade i had to write a paper on a poem. One of the lines was"If your eyes weren't open you… — Richelle Mead
That was our first time together. Interesting, an interesting experience, but not earth-shaking. But then, I never expected it to be earth-shaking, not with him.… — J M Coetzee
I expected the illegible and the deeply buried in me to be read as if carved on my forehead, just as I expected the obvious… — Stephen Fry
If were were in a film, the villain would turn out to be the least-expected person. But as we aren't in a film, I'd go… — Kerstin Gier
If you want to fall in love, you can't hold everything in. You have to open up, take that risk. You'll be hurt sometimes, but… — Jean M. Auel
Doctor MacKenzie says "Sometimes I think the Victorians had the right idea. When you lost a family member back then you were suppose to be… — Mercedes Lackey
And the funny thing was if you made the best of it, if you smiled through every storm, the bad things were never as terrible… — Dean Koontz
And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he was going to do now, she… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I cannot admit this out loud. In the first place, we are expected to be supermoms these days, instead of admitting that we have flaws.… — Jodi Picoult
I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected. — Catherynne M. Valente
Because' I repeated, as a breeze blew over us, "sometimes things just happen. That aren't expected. Or on the list." "Such as?" he asked "I… — Sarah Dessen
Unreasonable," "unrealistic," and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea that fails to conform with conventionally expected standards. — Chris Guillebeau
no one expected the preacher's daughter to sin, but they sure would love to catch me at it, — Abbi Glines
schools for love do not exist. everyone assumes that we will know how to love instinctively. despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, we still accept… — Bell Hooks
Not quite what one expected, but once it happened one realized it couldn't be any other way. — Donna Tartt

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