Best Quote by Koel Mallick

I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.

— Paula Radcliffe

By choice, we have become a family, first in our hearts, and finally in breath and being. Great expectations are good; great experiences are…

— Richard W. Fisher

Of all my childhood books, 'The Giving Tree and Hope for the Flowers' really did change my early world, but after reading 'Momo' in…

— Devendra Banhart

'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.

— Felicity Jones

Expect the unexpected, my mother once said. Because the unexpected most certainly will be expecting you.

— Marjorie M. Liu

“Children's books: Every time you find the right, the necessary, book for a child - a book about sadness overcome, unfairness battled, hearts mended…

— Katherine Applegate

Don't expect anything in Life, Expectations hurt a lot, When you don't expect every moment is a surprise and Surprises bring happiness. :)

— Nishan Panwar

'Great Expectations' was an important novel in my adolescence. It was very much one of those emblematic novels that made me wish I could…

— John Irving

“-and finally, to all of you who've come here tonight to celebrate children's books: every time you find the right, the necessary book for…

— Katherine Applegate

“What could be more important than inspiring a child to read her first book and giving her the gift of confidence?”

— Kathy L. Patrick

So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.

— Charlize Theron

I was read to as a small child, I read on my own as soon as I could, and I recall being more or…

— Marilynne Robinson