Quote by Lois Lowry

“It was not just for herself that she feared now, but for her baby. He must have sensed her fright, for he moved restlessly…

— George R.R. Martin

“It took her three seconds-one, two, three-to know that her destiny required her to join this man, and his gun and his wagon, and…

— James A. Michener

“A little stimulated at not finding her ready and waiting - so fanciful are men! - he hastened on...”

— Thomas Hardy

“I never realized that a child is capable of remembering so well and of waiting so patiently”

— Janusz Korczak

“. . . there was nothing yet to fear, and so he passed it off as joy, as heart-pounding, pulse-quaking joy. Not as a…

— Laurie Frankel

“Then he told himself to be calm: this took place a thousand times a day all over the world. He did not need to…

— Ken Follett

“I wait for what comes and experience the joy and delight of the unexpected.”

— Diane L. Dunton

“He feared, in his secret heart, that one day in company the baby would sit up and speak; that it would engage his eyes,…

— Hilary Mantel

“[...] he felt that he too was only a baby, with the chance to live without shame, without the need for consolation for a…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“He was aware, suddenly, of the chill condensing clammily on his skin, the smell of damp cobblestones, of the very air flowing in and…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“It was the truth, vivid and monstrous, that all the while he had waited the wait was itself his portion.”

— Henry James

“Waiting, he thought, was the most miserable condition a man could find himself in. His whole life, he had been waiting for one thing…

— Paul Russell