348 quotes found
“You can't expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.”
“After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing exactly what society expected of them at any gi...”
“I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than fatally disappointed.”
“Be realistic with your expectations. I'd really like to cuddle a unicorn, but it aint going to happen.”
“Nowadays, I dont have expectations, and this way she beats them all.”
“I am afraid I shall disappoint people's expectations dreadfully.”
“You see what you expect to see, Severus.”
“There were times . . . when it occurred to me that I was repeating my mother's life. Usually this thought struck me as funny. But if I happened to be tired, or if there were extra bills to pay and ...”
“Often expecting immediate returns for goodness in this world is a sign of a normal human being”
“It was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don't. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know?”
“Unhappiness lies in that gap between our talents and our expectations.”
“I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation. I expected an arrival, an explanation, an apology. There had never been one, a fact...”
“I believe we must do things in our lives for the right reasons, because we enjoy doing them, with no expectation of getting something back in return. Otherwise, we are constantly being disappointed...”
“What's the first sign of a lurking, hidden expectation you didn't know you had? Pain! People don't do what we want, things don't happen quickly enough, the weather doesn't cooperate, our bodies don...”
“Life was easier when you stopped caring, when you stopped expecting things to get better.”
“I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.”
“Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.”
“He expected too much from people, that was the problem, Ethan thought. He expected too much from life.”
“Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.”
“I've always liked rooms where the party hasn't started yet...I love the feeling that anything could happen. After the party, when anything already has happened, there's usually the inevitable fact ...”
