#expect

…Weren’t you always distracted by expectation, as if every event announced a beloved? (Where can you find a place to keep her, with all the huge strange thoughts inside you going and coming and often staying all night.)… ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#expectation #love #thinking #love

A blanket could be used to save your marriage. But to be honest, I’d recommend saving your marriage in a Tupperware container. That way it’ll stay fresher for longer.
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny

There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?" "Are you a young lady?" "I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I will be treated. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#expectations #gender #honesty #independence #influence

Evangelicals sometimes expect too much or, to put it more precisely, we look for a kind of change God hasn't promised. It's possible to expect too little, but under-expectation is usually a cynical reaction to dashed hopes for too much. We manage to interpret biblical teaching to support our longing for perfection. As a result, we measure our progress by standards we will never meet until heaven. ↗

— Larry Crabb

#expectation #god #perfection #standards #change

Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems. Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them. ↗

— Toba Beta

#confront #inspirational #life #overcome #pray

This is unexpected... like squirt from aggressive grapefruit. ↗

— Earl Derr Biggers

#like #unexpected

I have no intention of resigning, and confidently expect to resume official duties within three months. ↗

— Frederick William Borden

#duties #expect #i #intention #months

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#against #elicit #expectations #held #make

I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to be understood. I like what I've written, the stories and two novels. If I had to give up what I've written in order to be clear of this disease, I wouldn't do it. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

#clear #disease #expect #give #had

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself. ↗

— James Brown

#expectations #i #myself #other #people