Expected Quotes

1453 quotes by 1199 authors

Iâ€™ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when thereâ€™s a fight to be won. If a woman has the… — Karen Hawkins
He expects nothing, she thought, because he's never had anything. And nothing was expected of him. He was free in a way she never would… — Cinda Williams Chima
You may be right in believing that if you study hard, one day you might become fluent in English. But you will still look Chinese,… — Adeline Yen Mah
When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children, in one way her life begins but in another way it stops.Â You build a… — Robert James Waller
I felt angry, frustrated. I felt I didn't belong, not in my church, not in my home, not in my skin. Amidst the chaos, i… — Ellen Hopkins
I never thought meeting you would be this boring. I thought we'd put our Italian emotion into gear and scream the place down. I never… — Melina Marchetta
I hadn't expected to be kidnapped today or I'd have worn something more conservative. — Jeaniene Frost
I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard, "Can you?" "Never mind," Fflewddur said, "We aren't really expected to. — Lloyd Alexander
Because it's one of those things I never expected in my lifetime," he told me. "Like a comet. Or world peace. I'm just used to… — Richelle Mead
If he'd expected to be pampered and coddled through his undercover assignments, he would have gone to work for the CIA. — Julie James
So proper for a circus girl," Mme. Padva says with with a gleam in her eye. "We shall have to loosen those corset laces if… — Erin Morgenstern
Family is everything. Family comes first. It's not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is. — Madonna Ciccone
The world expected girls to pluck and primp and put on heels. Meanwhile, boys dressed in rumpled T-shirts and baggy pants and misplace their combs,… — Libba Bray
Listen, you. Don't threaten me. I could make your life a nightmare. He put his hand in front of her face and unfolded three fingers… — Julie Garwood
I found that things became a lot easier when I no longer expected to win. You abandon your masterpiece and sink into the real masterpiece. — Leonard Cohen
Who knew Demon Child would have such a normal name? I expected something exotic like Serena or Destiny or the Evil One That Comes in… — Darynda Jones
I think writing about the time in Hermioneâ€™s life that I write about â€“ growing from childhood into womanhood, literally, I think itï»¿ brought back… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
So long as I know what's expected of me, I can manage. — Frances Hodgson Burnett
What? You mean to travel almost five hundred miles alone? No. I canâ€™t let you do that. I . . . I forbid you.â€ It… — Tessa Dare
Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can… — Erich Fromm

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