348 quotes found
“Yes, sex is troublesome and beautiful. And only when we drop our expectations, and know that we'll have moments of great sex and moments when our sexuality confounds, pains, or infuriates us, will ...”
“I feel strangely free at such times. To behave properly is to be always courteous, always clever, and subtle and elegant. But now, when I am so alone, I do not have to be any of these things. For t...”
“When people starts to enjoy a writer's pen, he becomes a legend even if his stories are neither long nor publicly surrounded by expectations.”
“Only expectation has value as currency,”
“People don't hurt, But Expectations from people give you sadness.”
“Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.”
“What you want may not come in the form you expected. It may be right under your nose at this moment.”
“Poor Sasha. Poor girls. The world fattens them on the promise of live. How badly they need it, and how little most of them will ever get. The treacled pop songs, the dresses described in the catalo...”
“She was heavier than he expected - women always are.”
“The greatest weapon anyone can use against us is our own mind. By preying upon the doubts and uncertainities that already lurk there. Are we true to ourselves or do we live to the expectations of o...”
“Elijah is inexplicably moved by the broken columns and fragmented floors. He cannot help but find a meaning and a message in their poverty of stature. This is what remains, he thinks. It seems a va...”
“I think it's neat you do what you want. Not enough chicks do that, if you ask me--just tell society and their expectations to go fuck themselves. If more women did that, we'd be better off.”
“Society conspires against her from early infancy. Her brain is steadily filled with plaster until it sets: If youre not married by the time youre twenty-five, youll have good reason to be ashamed; ...”
“Some expectation are inevitable but the problem happens when we are not able to measure the likelihood of reciprocation or fulfillment. We fail as measuring instruments, and so we drag & impose our...”
“EXPECTATION If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.”
“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 that it isn't, we start looking around for the real world.”
“Women most often experience shame as a web of layered, conflicting, and competing social-community expectations. The expectations dictate who we should be, what we should be, how we should be.”
“I just want to live my own life instead of everyone elses version of it.”
“Expect less and Accept more for peace of mind and healthy relationships!”
“What a person want in life ?1. Simple, steady life.2. Self satisfaction and craziness from work and life he live.3. Luxury/Royal life.Choice is yours, in which way you want to live.”