# Quotes about waiting - Quotes: 16 - Authors: 14 - Broader topic: [Quotes about time](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/time.md) - Topic page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting - JSON version (same data): https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.json ## Quotes > Margret saw that this is how it is that folk are made to desire what they know they should not have, they are made to wait for it, so that when it comes, no matter how dark and full of sin and repellent it is, they are glad enough to welcome it. [Jane Smiley](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley.md) · [The Greenlanders](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley/the-greenlanders.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley/the-greenlanders/margret-saw-that.md) Topics: [temptation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/temptation.md), [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > We achieve freedom when we let go of the weight of societal expectations, and when we find our people – those who love us, care for us, and hold us up when we start slipping. [Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nana-darkoa-sekyiamah.md) · [The Sex Lives of African Women](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nana-darkoa-sekyiamah/the-sex-lives-of-african-women.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nana-darkoa-sekyiamah/the-sex-lives-of-african-women/we-achieve-freedom.md) Topics: [freedom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/freedom.md), [friendship](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/friendship.md), [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > He’d always half expected that the watch would turn out to have some sort of amazing magical power—turning back time, maybe, or slowing it, or freezing it, or something. It certainly looked magical enough. But if it had any powers at all he’d never found them. Funny how some things you’re sure will pay off never do. [Lev Grossman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman.md) · [The Magician's Land](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magicians-land.md) · p. 399 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magicians-land/hed-always-half.md) Topics: [disappointment](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/disappointment.md), [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > Venice was the only city he’d ever seen that looked the same in real life as it did in pictures. It was consoling that something in this world met expectations. [Lev Grossman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman.md) · [The Magician King](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king.md) · p. 149 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king/venice-was-the.md) Topics: [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > Tricked out of our expectations, we fall back on our senses. What’s astonishing is the gulf between what we expect to find and what we find when we actually look. [Merlin Sheldrake](https://www.leafyquotes.com/merlin-sheldrake.md) · [Entangled Life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/merlin-sheldrake/entangled-life.md) · p. 14 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/merlin-sheldrake/entangled-life/tricked-out-of-our.md) Topics: [reality](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/reality.md), [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > The difference between what you counted on and what you got explained why so many people had unhappy marriages. [Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md) · [Settling Accounts: In at the Death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-in-at-the-death.md) · p. 292 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-in-at-the-death/the-difference-between.md) Topics: [marriage](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/marriage.md), [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > Life was what you got, not what you expected. [Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md) · [Settling Accounts: Drive to the East](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-drive-to-the-east.md) · p. 502 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-drive-to-the-east/life-was-what.md) Topics: [life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/life.md), [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens. [Norton Juster](https://www.leafyquotes.com/norton-juster.md) · [The Phantom Tollbooth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/norton-juster/the-phantom-tollbooth.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/norton-juster/the-phantom-tollbooth/expect-everything-i-always.md) Topics: [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization. [Amelia Earhart](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amelia-earhart.md) · [Last Flight](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amelia-earhart/last-flight.md) · p. 50 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amelia-earhart/last-flight/anticipation-i-suppose.md) Topics: [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > "Because you believed in her so much more than she did. You expected more from her than she did from herself." [Chuck Palahniuk](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk.md) · [Diary](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/diary.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/diary/because-you-believed.md) Topics: [self-confidence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-confidence.md), [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > Develop high expectations. [Jesse Ventura](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura.md) · [I Ain't Got Time to Bleed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/develop-high-expectations.md) Topics: [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed. [Sylvia Plath](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sylvia-plath.md) · [The Bell Jar](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sylvia-plath/the-bell-jar.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sylvia-plath/the-bell-jar/if-you-expect.md) Topics: [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > People are not here to meet your expectations. [Leo F. Buscaglia](https://www.leafyquotes.com/leo-f-buscaglia.md) · [Living Loving and Learning](https://www.leafyquotes.com/leo-f-buscaglia/living-loving-and-learning.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/leo-f-buscaglia/living-loving-and-learning/people-are-not.md) Topics: [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > Expect only what happens in the fight. That way you'll never be surprised. [Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md) · [Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune/expect-only-what.md) Topics: [war](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/war.md), [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > Waiting always fills. [Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md) · [Stranger in a Strange Land](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/stranger-in-a-strange-land.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/stranger-in-a-strange-land/waiting-always-fills.md) Topics: [patience](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/patience.md), [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md) > There is one thing that appreciably eases the strain for the plays that arrive at this time of year, and that is that practically nothing is expected of them. p. 306 [Dorothy Parker](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dorothy-parker.md) · [Dorothy Parker: Poems](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dorothy-parker/dorothy-parker-poems.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dorothy-parker/dorothy-parker-poems/there-is-one-thing.md) Topics: [irony](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/irony.md), [theatre](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/theatre.md), [waiting](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/waiting.md)