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Fred dislikes the idea going into the ministry partly because he doesn't like "feeling obligated to look serious", and he centers his doubts on "what people expect of a clergyman".

Middlemarch

If we don’t honor our truth, how can we expect anyone else to do so?

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

That was the thing about the world: it wasn't that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn't expect.

The Magician King

The one thing to remember about an adventure is that if it turns out the way you expect it to, it has not been an adventure at all.

The Map of Lost Memories

She sealed his lips with a wanton kiss; 'Though I forgive your breaking your vows to heaven, I expect you to keep your vows to me.

The Monk

↑ top up position down ↓ bottom “The corruption of religious leaders, who were expected to be the source of spiritual force and regeneration, is the last step in the decay of a community.

Major Themes of the Qur'an

They're fanatics. It's like expecting humanity from a falling rock. It's not going to have a fit of compassion and not crack your skull open.

Magic Slays

You know, there are just some things you never expect to face even on this job. A flying primate that shoots fire out its nose is one of them.

No Mercy

Their friendship was like a wilted bunch of flowers that she insisted on topping up with water. Why not let it die instead? It was unrealistic to expect a friendship to last forever…

One Day

Mine is the only view that appropriately combines the end-time messianic expectations of the Jews with Christian scripture.

The Little Book of Revelation: The First Coming of Jesus at the End of Days

Nikolai had expected to have to fight the urge to torture the progeny of his father’s murderer, but he had never anticipated fighting the urge to fuck her.

Love Me to Death

No one OWES you a THING. So don’t EXPECT it. You’re on your OWN.

The Legacy Letters: His Wife, His Children, His Final Gift

Didn't Frankenstein get married?" "Did he?" said Eggy. "I don't know. I never met him. Harrow man, I expect.

Laughing Gas

The realization was becoming clearer: How could she expect others to trust her with the intricacies of their lives if she was not not willing to reveal hers?

A Lady at Willowgrove Hall

No one would dream of expecting a single individual to be "happy"—once someone is married, however, everyone is very astonished when he is not happy!

Letters on Life

Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.

The Last Unicorn

I've read your summary." "And?" "It's not incompetent." Be still, my heart, so I don't faint from such faint phrase. "Did you expect it to be written in crayon?

Magic Bleeds

Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect you can see it too. Some of our stars are the same.

The Silence of the Lambs

He would say things like, “But you are my wife!” when I didn’t do something that he wanted me to do. His expectations were not realistic.

Shattered Reality

You can't screw up your own suicide and then expect the universe to give you presents wrapped in the skin of a wonderful boy. That's just not the way it works.

Something Real

I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.

Sense and Sensibility