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• He put the book down. “As you wish.” He rose and walked past me. I lowered my sword, expecting him to pass, but suddenly he stepped in dangerously close. “Welcome home. I’m glad you made it. There is coffee in the kitchen for you.” My mouth gaped open. He inhaled my scent, bent close, about to kiss me… I just stood there like an idiot. Curran smirked and whispered in my ear instead. “Psych.” And just like that, he was out the door and gone. Oh boy.

  Ilona Andrews

  Coffee, Book, Home

  Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.245, Penguin

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• Forgive me if I stare, I knew you were young, but even then I was expecting someone a little more, well, more.

  Christopher Paolini

  Forgive Me, Forgiving, Littles

  "Eragon". www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• Children, don't waste a single second.
  Serve others, above all the poor,
  expecting nothing in return.
  Just as the person who offers God flowers
  is the first to enjoy their fragrance,
  the person who offers compassion
  is the first to receive its blessing.
  Wherever a heart beats
  with compassion:
  God is there.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Flower, Heart

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• What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

  May Sarton

  Inspirational, Haste, Too Much

  May Sarton (2014). “Journal of a Solitude”, p.73, Open Road Media

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• I say 'come with it.' I'm not expecting anything easy. You have to earn your place. That's fine with me.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Basketball, Easy, Fine

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• Insanity is repeating the same actions and expecting different results.

  Starhawk

  Inspirational, Crazy, Mad

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• These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is no substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Inspirational, People, Giving

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• Everyone who has been to an Olympics says expect the unexpected. That kind of psychology games does go on, so I'm kind of expecting things to happen but I don't know who from. I think it's kind of silly but I'm prepared for it. I'd probably just laugh it off because it means that they are afraid of racing me, so it's like a huge compliment

  Libby Trickett

  Motivational, Sports, Silly

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• Those of us of a certain age grew up expecting that by now we would have Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons' in our house. And all we've got is a Roomba.

  Juan Enriquez

  Technology, House, Age

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• A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like when you pop a piece of fancy chocolate into your mouth expecting toffee filling and you get lemon zest instead.

  Jodi Picoult

  Lying, Zest, Chocolate

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.446, Simon and Schuster

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• I've met a man and fallen in love with him. I allowed myself to fall in love for one simple reason: I'm not expecting anything to come of it. I know that, in three months' time, I'll be far away and he'll be just a memory, but I couldn't stand living without love any longer; I had reached my limit.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love, Memories, Fall

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• It's in the nature of stock markets to go way down from time to time. There's no system to avoid bad markets. You can't do it unless you try to time the market, which is a seriously dumb thing to do. Conservative investing with steady savings without expecting miracles is the way to go.

  Charlie Munger

  Miracle, Dumb, Trying

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• I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at all.

  Wallace Shawn

  Thinking, Play, One Day

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Children that have been petted and waited upon, always expect it; and if their expectations are not met, they are disappointed and discouraged. This same disposition will be seen through their whole lives, and they will be helpless, leaning upon others for aid, expecting others to favor them and yield to them.

  Ellen G. White

  Children, Yield, Expectations

  Ellen G. White (1994*). “Spiritual Gifts Vol 3 & 4”, Review and Herald Pub Assoc

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• Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Insanity, Different, Remember

  Sudden Death ch. 4 (1983)

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• Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

  Haruki Murakami

  Life, Form, Norwegian Wood

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• He warned Mother not to flout God's Will by expecting too much of us. "Sending a girl to college is like pouring water in your shoes,' he still loves to say, as often as possible. 'It's hard to say which is worse, seeing it run out and waste the water, or seeing it hold in and wreck the shoes.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Girl, Mother, Running

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.48, Faber & Faber

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• Tommy grabs my waist and swings me around in a circle. I drag my feet because i am opposed to people touching me when I'm not expecting it. Also because it will take more than dancing to cheer me up.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Cheer, Swings, Circles

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.310, Scholastic UK

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• See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.

  Douglas Adams

  Thinking, Tests, Firsts

  Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.108, Pan Macmillan

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• His love for her was a gift he gave her daily, expecting nothing in return. He walked at her side, his love for her a torch to guide her footsteps along the dark path she walked.

  Margaret Weis

  Dark, Torches, Love For Her

  Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (2011). “Dragons of a Fallen Sun: War of Souls Trilogy, Volume One”, p.34, Wizards of the Coast

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• Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Love, Inspiring, Creativity

  Katharine Hepburn (1992). “Me: Stories of My Life”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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• When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude.

  Paulo Coelho

  Gratitude, Rewards, Stills

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• You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.

  Elon Musk

  Inspirational, Want, Expecting Things

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• Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.

  Lewis Carroll

  Stupid, Goes On, Dull

  Lewis Carroll (1911). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.18, Branden Books

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• Inspiration is very nice when you get it. It's like being given a present you weren't expecting. You don't hand the present back and say, 'My birthday's not till November.' You take it and run.

  Jan Mark

  Running, Nice, Inspiration

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