I Expected Quotes
128 quotes by 115 authors
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
I expected this reception. All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my…
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
-
I don't know what I expected from my first meeting with Peeta after the announcement. A few hugs and kisses. A little comfort maybe. Not…
— Suzanne Collins
-
Are you reading?" I say. It's not that I don't think Finn can read or anything, but it's just - well, not what I expected…
— Elizabeth Scott
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
What's so funny?" "Your panties have a bow," he said. I looked down. I was wearing a short tank top -not mine- and my blue…
— Ilona Andrews
-
Nanotechnology has been moving a little faster than I expected, virtual reality a little slower.
— Nick Bostrom
-
I expected it to be overwhelming and all-encompassing, but having a kid brings you into the world in a whole different way.
— Laura Fraser
-
My discovery that black holes emit radiation raised serious problems of consistency with the rest of physics. I have now resolved these problems, but the…
— Stephen Hawking
Who Wrote These I Expected Quotes
115 authors contributed a total of 128 I Expected Quotes, led by these top contributors: