Anticipation Quote by Jonathan Hull

“I don’t think we ever really live in the present; instead, we’re either just this side of the past or future, wavering anxiously between anticipation and recollection. That’s where I lived my life, always wanting, longing, wishing.”

Jonathan Hull

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Anticipation Life Live in the present Longing Nostalgia Past Recollection Sides Thinking Time Wavering Wish

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