I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.
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Quotes tagged ‘Waiting’
Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.
Dreams don’t often come true, do they? Wouldn’t it be nice if they did.
It’s so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it’s taking forever to come. Then it happens and it’s over and all you want to do is curl back up in that moment before things changed.
How long is forever? Sometimes, just one second.
Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.
If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.
The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting.
I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.
How much of human life is lost in waiting.
Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.
I don’t even mind that life made me wait so long to find you. The waiting only made the finding sweeter.
I'm a professional procrastinator.
If you're waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you'll never make it.
If it’s always you texting him first; if it’s always you laying on the couch staring at your phone, hoping that the hours of space between texts means he’s just busy; if it’s you always making the dates and the hangouts — you should take a step back and realize you are worth more.
Put down the phone, darling. That’s right, I said put it down. If he hasn’t texted you back in an hour, or two, or three, just put it down. You are worth so much more than that.
While we wait for good things to happen for ourselves, we can do good things for other people.
most people find themselves in love with the person who is keeping them from finding true love
You never asked me to wait for you -- and I don't even know if you want me to -- heck, I don't even know if I want to . . . but something is telling me that when you come back I'm going to be exactly what you want, and you will realize I have been here all this time, and you will wonder why you didn…
Sometimes waiting and being disappointed was good, to remind me he didn't belong to me. Nothing belonged to me.