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#expectations

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The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to write; surely one can only write the book that is there to be written. (Letter to Muriel St. Clare Byrne, 8 September 1935)


Dorothy L. Sayers


#expectations #honesty #integrity #on-writing #pandering

Meanwhile she's coldly interrogating me with her eyes. She's definitely in charge of this house and this moment. This must be Chloe. She escorts me to a table full of people and presents me. She introduces them briefly. This one's from Morocco, that one from Italy, he's Persian--I'm not exactly sure what that means--this one's from "the UK." They're all in their twenties, poised and dismissive. They don't know or care who I'm supposed to be at home or where I went to school. They're measuring something else I can't see and don't understand. They nod and turn back to each other. They seem to be waiting for a cue from Chloe to release them from having to feign interest. She introduces herself at substantially more length. Her father is Chinese and her mother is Swiss; she grew up in Hong Kong and "in Europe." I grew up in Michigan and in Michigan. But she didn't ask.


Kenneth Cain


#internationalism #me #michigan #presentation #worldly

Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.


Don Roff


#finishing #revising #tips #tips-on-writing #torture

Phoebe doesn't quite believe in fate the way I do. She says you have to chase your destiny, and she always expects life to be like a romantic comedy: all you have to do is dress the part of the heroine, and pretty soon you'll be kissing some hottie while fountains spew and music swells in the background.


Lauren Morrill


#humor #romantic-comedy #humor

Love is- when being with him is much more important than buying a new gadget and increased pocket money


Anshuma Sharma


#expectations #fate #love #love-story #lovers

I am going to sit back. I am not waiting. Because waiting will mean expecting and that, will hurt. I am just sitting back looking at you. I am making sure that when it does happen, and whatever that may be, I will remember you. I will remember the way you smile, I will remember your eyes and the fine lines around them when you throw back your head and laugh, I will remember you hands, the fingers I held in mine even if for a fleeting moment. I will remember the way your hair kisses your forehead and how you walk. toward me, and away.


Geeta Masurekar


#kiss #love #waiting #walk #love

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

Keep your standards even when everyone around you is losing theirs.


Habeeb Akande


#ambition #dedication #desire #determination #drive

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.


Stevie Wonder


#expectations #life #other #people #you

I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport.


Barry Bonds


#big #comes #expect #expectations #father






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