Expectations Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“But in Jim O'Casey there had been a wariness, a quiet anger, and she had seen herself in him, had said to him once,…

— Elizabeth Strout

“For Ethel, it was exactly as if one of the twisted beech trees behind the castle had knocked at her door one morning to…

— Timothée de Fombelle

“She could allow herself to think of Jim, too. To remember the energy and the excitement of life bursting from him, surrounding her, making…

— Kate Alcott

“As he shook her hand and met those striking emerald eyes, he knew before he'd taken his next breath that she was the one…

— Nicholas Sparks

“He was impressed and surprised and, more than anything, he was intrigued. He was growing to enjoy the way her eyes squinted and her…

— Melina Marchetta

“When they were introduced, he made a witicism, hoping to be liked. She laughed extremely hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home…

— David Foster Wallace

“She had felt as if her heart were hiding down there, somewhere, with the quail and the plover and all the little wild things…

— Willa Cather

“Out of a still, clear day, the wind suddenly picked up. It bowed the grass in his direction, unaccountably lifting his spirits and making…

— Nancy Pickard

“Lucille always loved a strong breeze. She said it was nature's way of blowing away our sorrows.' Just then another gust of wind whipped…

— Beth Hoffman

“He forced himself to sound careless, no matter that her proximity stirred his senses so powerfully. The sun flooding through the window lit rich…

— Anna Campbell

“Now they were sixtyish and gray and almost as wide as they were tall, and so accustomed to each other's habits that whenever he…

— Stacia M. Brown

“She liked that he wore their relationship so boldly, like a brightly colored shirt. Sometimes she worried that she was too happy. She would…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie