Expected Quotes - Page 28

• Had he expected me to hump her leg?

  Ilona Andrews

  Legs

  Ilona Andrews (2007). “Magic Bites”, p.189, Penguin

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• Trust is a fragile thing - difficult to build, easy to break. It cannot be bargained for. Only if it is freely given it can be expected in return

  Peter Lerangis

  Return, Easy, Break

  Peter Lerangis (2011). “The 39 Clues #3: The Sword Thief”, p.43, Scholastic Inc.

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• Our ancestors derived less from life than we do, but they also expected much less and were less intent on controlling the future. We are of the arrogant generations who believe a lasting happiness was promised to us at birth. Promised? By whom?

  Amin Maalouf

  Believe, Lasting Happiness, Generations

  Amin Maalouf (2008). “Origins: A Memoir”, p.342, Macmillan

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• As expected life isn't that sweet at all. When I came to Tokyo I thought I could achieve anything with my own two hands. It's not like that. To get something in these hands, I have to fight a horrible fight. But... there's not much time to grab the things you want with your hands. Why is that? And more importantly what is that I want?

  Ai Yazawa

  Sweet, Fighting, Hands

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• This wasn't the way he had expected his life to be. It worked, but that was about all. Happiness had got lost somewhere along the way.

  John Ajvide Lindqvist

  Way, Lost

  John Ajvide Lindqvist (2010). “Harbour”, p.164, Hachette UK

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• A kiss can be like the world turning over. It can be like the tide of a dragon's dream washing through the unseen world that is hidden to mortal eyes but that nevertheless permeates our being. It can be hot and cold together, as vast as the heavens and yet specific to the pressure of hands and the parting of lips. It raised more intense feelings than I had expected, like being engulfed in a storm of lightning.

  Kate Elliott

  Dream, Eye, Kissing

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• ONCE WHEN I WAS ninth grade i had to write a paper on a poem. One of the lines was"If your eyes weren't open you wouldn't know the difference between dreaming and waking' It hadn't meant meant much to me at the time. After all there'd been a guy in the class that i liked so how could i be expected to pay attention to literary analysis? Now three year later i understand the poem perfectly.

  Richelle Mead

  Dream, Writing, Eye

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy”, p.10, Penguin UK

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• That was our first time together. Interesting, an interesting experience, but not earth-shaking. But then, I never expected it to be earth-shaking, not with him. What I was determined to avoid was emotional entanglement. A passing fling was one thing, an affair of the heart quite another. Of myself I was fairly sure. I was not about to lose my heart to a man about whom I knew next to nothing.

  J. M. Coetzee

  Heart, Men, Emotional

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• I expected the illegible and the deeply buried in me to be read as if carved on my forehead, just as I expected the obvious and the ill-concealed to be hidden from view.

  Stephen Fry

  Views, Buried, Obvious

  Stephen Fry (2011). “Moab Is My Washpot”, p.282, Soho Press

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• If were were in a film, the villain would turn out to be the least-expected person. But as we aren't in a film, I'd go for the character who tried to strangle you.

  Kerstin Gier

  Character, Film, Villain

  Kerstin Gier (2011). “Ruby Red”, p.269, Macmillan

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• If you want to fall in love, you can't hold everything in. You have to open up, take that risk. You'll be hurt sometimes, but if you don't, you'll never be happy. The one you find may not be the kind of woman you expected to fall in love with, but it wont matter, you'll love her for exactly what she is.

  Jean M. Auel

  Falling In Love, Hurt, Love You

  Jean M. Auel (2010). “The Valley of Horses (with Bonus Content): Earth's Children, Book Two”, p.342, Bantam

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• Doctor MacKenzie says "Sometimes I think the Victorians had the right idea. When you lost a family member back then you were suppose to be in full mourning, dress in nothing but black, for a whole year. Then you went into something they called 'half mourning' for another full year, adn during those two years, you were pretty much expected to have emotional breakdowns, you could do it whenever you felt you needed to, and everybody would support you. Now?, A month after a tragedy, maybe two, and you're expected to be all better-or down pills so you can pretend you are.

  Mercedes Lackey

  Emotional, Thinking, Support You

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• And the funny thing was if you made the best of it, if you smiled through every storm, the bad things were never as terrible as you expected them to be, and the good things were better than anything you could have wished for yourself.

  Dean Koontz

  Funny Things, Storm, Good Things

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• And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he was going to do now, she would not say ‘be careful’ or ‘don’t do it’, but she would accept his decision because she would not have expected anything less of him.

  J. K. Rowling

  Soulmate, Decision, Moments

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• I cannot admit this out loud. In the first place, we are expected to be supermoms these days, instead of admitting that we have flaws. It is tempting to believe that all mothers wake up feeling fresh every morning, never raise their voices, only cook with organic food, and are equally at ease with the CEO and the PTA.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mother, Morning, Believe

  Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

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• I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Wish, Wish You The Best, Wish You

  Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making”, p.18, Macmillan

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• Because' I repeated, as a breeze blew over us, "sometimes things just happen. That aren't expected. Or on the list." "Such as?" he asked "I don't know," I said, frustrated. "That's the point. It would be out of the blue, taking us by surprise. Something we might not be prepared for." "But we will be prepared," he said, confused. "We'll have the list.

  Sarah Dessen

  Confused, Blue, Frustrated

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.366, Penguin

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• Unreasonable," "unrealistic," and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea that fails to conform with conventionally expected standards.

  Chris Guillebeau

  Ideas, Failing, Used

  Chris Guillebeau (2010). “The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World”, p.149, Penguin

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• If intelligence were a television set, it would be an early black-and-white model with poor reception, so that much of the picture was gray and the figures on the screen were snowy and indistinct. You could fiddle with the knobs all you wanted, but unless you were careful, what you would see often depended more on what you expected or hoped to see than on what was really there.

  Madeleine Albright

  Black And White, Expectations, Intelligence

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• No one expected the preacher's daughter to sin, but they sure would love to catch me at it.

  Abbi Glines

  Daughter, Sin, Preacher

  Abbi Glines (2013). “The Vincent Boys Extended and Uncut Collection: The Vincent Boys -- Extended and Uncut; The Vincent Brothers -- Extended and Uncut”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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• schools for love do not exist. everyone assumes that we will know how to love instinctively. despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, we still accept that the family is the primary school for love. those of us who do not learn how to love among family are expected to experience love in romantic relationships. however this love often eludes us.

  Bell Hooks

  School, Elude Us, How To Love

  bell hooks (2018). “All About Love: New Visions”, p.26, HarperCollins

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• Not quite what one expected, but once it happened one realized it couldn't be any other way.

  Donna Tartt

  Way, Happened

  Donna Tartt (2011). “The Secret History”, p.507, Vintage

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• Happiness often comes when least expected.

  François Lelord

  Searching For Happiness, Hector

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.42, Gallic Books

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• He was demanding. He always would be. But sometimes, he was so vulnerable and she realized she had power in the relationship as well. She hadn’t expected that. He was as vulnerable to her as she was to him. He just acted arrogant and bossy, but deep down, where it counted, he didn’t want to lose her either.

  Christine Feehan

  Would Be, Arrogant, Want

  Christine Feehan (2012). “Christine Feehan's Drake Sisters Series: Five Novels and a Novella”, p.1054, Penguin

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• From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the next morning to the same consciousness of misery in which she had closed her eyes.

  Jane Austen

  Morning, Sleep, Eye

  Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.149, Ageless Reads

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