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"Really, I'm trying to care, Artemis, really. But I thought it was all supposed to be over when the fat lady sings. Well, she's singing, but it doesn't appear to be over."
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"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."
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"Expectations hurt, be it sorry, be it thank you."
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"Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable."
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"Weren't you alwaysdistracted by expectation, as if every eventannounced a beloved? (Where can you find a placeto keep her, with all the huge strange thoughts inside yougoing and coming and often staying all night.)"
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"What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending."
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"Holidays in general breed unrealistic expectations. The minute you start wondering, 'is it going to be wonderful enough?,' it never will be."
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"Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true."
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"Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack."
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"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."
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"Through our expectations, we violently expand and try to fill the world with our proofs of worth."
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"The humans were protecting their heritage, or so they thought. Strange that Mud Men seem more concerned about the past than the present."
History
"Excuse me, Tex,' the nurse said, hands on hips. 'Would you mind reining in the voice. There are babies being born in this hospital. We wouldn't want the first sound they hear to be your painful howling. There could be lawsuits."
Life
"Time to do what he did best - plot dastardly acts."
Planning
"What's this?' he inquired, none too pleasantly. 'A circus?'No, Julius. It's the end of the circus.'I see. And these are the clowns?'Foaly's head poked through the doorway.'Pardon me for interrupting your extended circus metaphor, but what the hell is that?"
Humor
"Orion nodded, then asked, 'Dwarf cheese?'Cheese made by dwarfs.'Oh, said Orion, relieved. 'They make it. It's not actually . . .'No. What a horrible thought.'Exactly."
Humor
"No, mademoiselle, I would not like to see the children's menu. I have no doubt that the children's menu itself tastes better than the meals on it. I would like to order A la carte. Or don't you serve fish to minors?"
Individuality
"A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon."
Vision
"Some people just needed to be stolen from."
Crime
"How does she know it's the right room?' wondered Descant.Oh, I don't know; mabye it's the magical red glow coming from the doorway, or perhaps it's the deafening howl of the temporal winds.' said Mervall. Descant nodded.'You could be right, brother. And don't think I don't know sarcasm when I hear it."
Adventure
"Young love is common, but that doesn't mean it's not precious."
Romance
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