Mrs Lynde says, "Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed." But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.
A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect.
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Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others...
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Paulo Coelho
I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.
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Bill Watterson
The fruit of empty hopes is more bitter than the saddest truth.
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Angel Wagenstein
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 we be liberated to enjoy it in a way that's true to...
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Alexandra Katehakis
More Quotes By L.m. Montgomery
Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of...
Anne laughed." I don't want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.
And if you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be let alone.
A broken heart in real life isn't half as dreadful as it is in books. It's a good deal like a bad tooth, though you won't think THAT a very romantic simile. It takes spells of aching and gives you a sleepless night now and...
Gilbert, I'm afraid I'm scandalously in love with you.
