Expected Quotes

1453 quotes by 1199 authors

I feel a little whirl of dislocation -- the trademark sensation of the world being more closely knit together than you expected — Robin Sloan
I certainly hadn't expected to walk away from today's trip with joint custody of a miniature dragon. — Richelle Mead
The pain, so unexpected and undeserved, had for some reason cleared away the cobwebs. I realized I didnâ€™t hate the cabinet door, I hated my… — Philip K. Dick
Lukewarm people call 'radical' what Jesus expected of all His followers. — Francis Chan
No one can tell you what your path is . . . but someday you'll discover it. . . and it won't be at all… — Lisa Kleypas
When a daughter loses a mother, the intervals between grief responses lengthen over time, but her longing never disappears. It always hovers at the edge… — Hope Edelman
Jem, Cecily thought, with a pang in her heart. Her brother had always looked to him as a kind of North Star, a compass that… — Cassandra Clare
Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did.… — Rick Warren
You gonna put on your big-girl panties and fight with the boys, now?â€ He looked over his shoulder as if he expected me to blush… — Faith Hunter
I Promise," Shane said. "You'd better, jerkface," Eve said. "How's the head?" "Taped. It's fine, chicks dig scars. Wait, did you just call me jerkface?… — Rachel Caine
She saw him after seventh hour in a place she'd never seen him before, carrying a microscope down the hall on the third floor. It… — Rainbow Rowell
It's fun to be almost grown up in some ways, but it's not the kind of fun I expected, Marilla. There's so much to learn… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
The warrior who had gone out from the lake to save his people by slaying the evil one was now just a boy sitting in… — Michael Grant
And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Is Tyson okay?' I asked. The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. 'He's fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though 'peanut butter'… — Rick Riordan
You came to my life with what you were bringing, made of light and bread and shadow I expected you, and Like this I need… — Pablo Neruda
It was such a weird thing how a breakup stretched much wider than you expected. You didn't just lose a person, but their entire world… — Sarah Dessen
I can't believe that I changed so little. I expected to look old and hollow and gray, but I guess it's only me on the… — Beatrice Sparks
You aren't what I expected. I wish you were. It'd be so much easier. — Abbi Glines
Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men… — Audre Lorde

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