Expectations Quote by Margaret Atwood Download Open image “He needed to exist only in the present, without guilt, without expectation.” — Margaret Atwood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Expectations Guilt Needed Regret
Existence alone had never been enough for him; he had always wanted more. Perhaps it was only from the force of his desires that… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“An anxiety with no object or purpose in the present, and in the future nothing but endless sacrifice, by means of which he would… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed, how he had… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
He realized that all his life he had been a nobody to everyone. What he now felt was the fear of his own oblivion.… — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
So he lived, not knowing and not seeing any chance of knowing what he was and for what purpose he had been placed in… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
And with the passing years, what had once seemed like a miracle or the luckiest of chances and which he had always promised himself… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“He may actually have been existing in the past and approximating a conceivable future, which brought even the assumption of his immediate perceptions as… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
It was as though he didn't exist, and then suddenly, he was everywhere. — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
As he thought of it, though, he could not imagine what “just living” might actually be. He had never done it in his life.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“And he could go on in life, existing from day to day, without connection and without hope. For he did not know what to… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
He was alone in his wonderment, amoung creatures incapable of wonder --for them it was enough to exist and go their way. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
He was no longer quite sure whether anything he had ever thought or felt was truly his own property, or whether his thoughts were… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Mary: Some call this "Eve's curse," but I think that is stupid because the real curse of Eve was having to put up with… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the… — margaret atwood Copy Share Image
I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Every time the women appear, Snowman is astonished all over again. They're every known colour from the deepest black to whitest white, they're various… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Balance suggests a perfect equilibrium. There is no such thing. That is a false expectation.... There are going to be priorities and dimensions of… — Denise Morrison Copy Share Image
My mom had very low expectations for me, and she really had a point. I was a big problem at seventeen. If I had… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I say this all the time: I've always been really good at managing my expectations so that I'm not let down. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed. — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We're wired to expect the world to be brighter and more meaningful and more obviously interesting than it actually is. And when we realize… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Does your reality match your expectations? If not it's time to change either your expectations or your reality.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
Jesus' kingdom was not like the popular expectation. He used the phrase 'kingdom of God' with a different meaning. His kingdom was not of… — Tom Harpur Copy Share Image
Disappointment contains an appointment for doing much better. High expectations mean your higher capacity and belief in abilities. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
