#expect

He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that. ↗

— Robert Jordan

#expectations #jordan #lan #new-spring #overwhelmed

I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard, "Can you?" "Never mind," FFlewddur said, "We aren't really expected to. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#girls #men #men-and-women #sense #men

The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times. ↗

— Henry James

#greatness #occasion #self #truth #nature

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#expectations #hopes #dreams

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#broken

You can't expect everyone to have the same dedication as you. ↗

— Jeff Kinney

#kids

Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#daughters #expectations #fathers #ideals #perception

You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your perception...you see what is, where most people see what they expect. ↗

— Tsitsi Dangarembga

#observation #observations #perception #perception

If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear. ↗

— Roberto Bolaño

#feedback #opinions #outspokenness #responses #responsibility

Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#help #unexpected #unexpected