Expected Quotes

1453 quotes by 1199 authors

I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus. — Gerald Durrell
Once more September marveled that even the Dodo knew what she wanted to be when she was grown. She simply could not think what she… — Catherynne M. Valente
Even when apologising, this guy turns on the charm. And the worst thing is that it works. She had reached a point in her life… — Guillaume Musso
So it's happened, I kept thinking, you're in the middle of a story exactly as you've always wanted, and it's horrible. Fear tastes quite different… — Cornelia Funke
And what will you give me in return, Severus?â€™ â€˜In â€“ in return?â€™ Snape gaped at Dumbledore, and Harry expected him to protest, but after… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When I was young, I expected from people more than they could give: neverending friendship and constant excitement. Now I expect less than they can… — Albert Camus
Callan took a deep breath. â€œI never expected you.â€ He shook his head with an edge of amusement. â€œYou are a dangerous woman, Merinus Tyler.â€… — Lora Leigh
Then he crouches down behind it, motions for Tess and me to sit down, and begins unbuttoning his vest. I blush scarlet and thank every… — Marie Lu
For many of us, the hospital was as much a refuge as it was a prison. Though we were cut off from the world and… — Susanna Kaysen
There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare. — Mary Renault
Making women the sexual gatekeepers and telling men they just can't help themselves not only drives home the point that women's sexuality is unnatural, but… — Jessica Valenti
It's a funny thing about stories. It doesn't feel like you make them up, more like you find them. You type and type and you… — Steven Moffat
It happened like this. I was stolen from an airport. Taken from everything I knew, everything I was used to. Taken to sand and heat,… — Lucy Christopher
When your hero falls from grace, all fairy tales are uncovered Myth exposed and pain magnified, the grace pays uncovered He told me to be… — Tupac Shakur
I told you I set no limits on my love for you. I don't. Yet I have never expected you to offer me your body.… — Robin Hobb
She expected the pain, when it came. But she gasped at its sharpness; it was not like any pain she had felt before. He kissed… — Kristin Cashore
Now if you're not â€žhotâ€, you are expected to work on it until you are. It's like when you renovate a house and you're legally… — Tina Fey
By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected. — Dale Carnegie
I gave him a smile that I hoped was as dazzling as one of his. "I realized I'm in love." Marcus, startled, looked around as… — Richelle Mead
No one expected me. Everything awaited me. — Patti Smith

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