#expectation

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

Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected. ↗

— Norton Juster

#unexpected

There is everything you know and there is everything that happens. When the two do not line up, you make a choice. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#choice

The boxer had two black eyes. But that’s to be expected, since he was from Africa.
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— Jarod Kintz

#black-eye #boxer #expectations #africa

You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No. ↗

— Alison McGhee

#powerful #silence #silence

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#disappointment #expectation #hope #much #sort

If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed. ↗

— Tonya Hurley

#expectations #ghostgirl #disappointment

Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#honesty #honesty

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#expectations #conformity