Isn't it a mercy that we never get cured of being expectant? It makes life so bearable. However regularly we are disappointed and nothing whatever happens, after the first blow has fallen, after the first catch of the breath, the first gulp of misery, we turn our eyes with all their old eagerness to a point a little further along the road.

~ Elizabeth Von Arnim

Elizabeth Von Arnim Expectancy Expectation Hope Hoping Life Life And Living

As I get older I find it more and more easy to watch a pot until it boils.

~ Clifford Cohen

Clifford Cohen Acceptance Expectancy Experience Of Time Patience Time Waiting

The day, like the previous days, dragged sluggishly by in a kind of insipid idleness, devoid even of that dreamy expectancy which can make idleness so enchanting.

~ Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov Boredom Dreams Expectancy Hope Idleness Life Repetition