“I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.”— Criss Jami, amazon.com
“There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”— Brandon Sanderson, amazon.com
“How is it that disappointment arrives as soon as what you have desired for so long steps over the threshold? It’s like finding the end of your wedding train dragging behind in the mud.”— Camilla Gibb, amazon.com
“When one has been disappointed for so long, hope becomes the enemy. One cannot be dashed to the earth unless one is lifted first, and I learned to avoid hope.”— Robin Hobb, amazon.com
“Life will never meet all of our expectations. We must nonetheless accept all disappointments without becoming bitter and cynical. We must always remain mindful of the opportunity to extend kindness and work to improve our character.”— Kilroy J. Oldster, amazon.com
“He tried to prepare himself for disappointment, even as he yearned to be proven wrong.”— Hanya Yanagihara, amazon.com
“What have we all got to expect that we allow ourselves to be so lined with disappointment?”— Graham Greene, amazon.com
“If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed. Apart from a few starry-eyed poets or monks living on a mountaintop somewhere, however, we all have expectations. We not only have them, we need them. They fuel our dreams, our hopes, and our lives like some super-caffeinated energy drink.”— Tonya Hurley, amazon.com
“Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.”— Patricia McCormick, amazon.com
“People like to say love is unconditional, but it's not, and even if it was unconditional, it's still never free. There's always an expectation attached. They always want something in return. Like they want you to be happy or whatever and that makes you automatically responsible for their happiness b…”— Katja Millay, amazon.com
“Life is so constructed that an event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.”— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com
“Yes, you may have a healthy sexual appetite and want to feed that appetite regularly, but remember to not get caught up in a schedule. Other than the fact that schedules lead to expectation (which is the no no listed above), it also creates a pattern that suggests that this is more than a simple hoo…”— Jessica McKinney, collegecandy.com
“When it comes to the sex, don’t sulk if you don’t get everything you asked Santa for — only people in relationships are allowed to complain when things don’t go their way in bed (and even then they should stop focusing on the negative and just be grateful someone puts up with them).”— Em Lo, yourtango.com
“There can't be a quarrel without two parties, and I won't be one. I will be a friend to you in spite of you. So now you know what you've got to expect.”— Charles Dickens, amazon.com
“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.”— Charles Dickens, amazon.com
“I hate seeing tweets about how girls' expectations are too high, my expectations are high because I know my worth and I refuse to settle!”— Daniela ❀, twitter.com
“You are not asking for too much, you are just asking the wrong person.”— Dr. Naseem Beauchman, twitter.com
“An emotional abuser goes through life feeling entitled to be treated like royalty, and wants you to be a willing servant. He or she expects you to do everything and will not help at all.”— Merely Me, healthcentral.com
“I have to say I was expecting a lot more sex and a lot less coloring books as an adult.”— jj hartinger, twitter.com