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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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"Not the action, but the expectation creates results."
"Live without expectations. Don't set parameters on your life by telling yourself that something can only be enjoyed if it is a certain way. Allow life to surprise you. Keep an open mind and enjoy all of life's treasures."
"Expectations hurt, be it sorry, be it thank you."
"Expectation creates the reality."
"Through our expectations, we violently expand and try to fill the world with our proofs of worth."
"We call bad one who rejects the fruit he is given for the fruit he is expecting or the fruit he was given last time."
"When we set expectations and nourish them with appreciation, we will get better results."
"We are treated exactly the way we expect to be treated by the world and its people."
"Assuming what people want is about as controlled as using fireworks to start a fire."
"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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"Lightsong met the man's eyes, then smiled broadly, looking down at the God King. "My life to yours," Lifesong said. "My breath become yours."
"Shallan's mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist."
"People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort."
"He was a man. Just a man. Yet, you always knew he'd succeed. He made you be what he wanted you to be."
"I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
"If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains."
"Good men don't become legends," he said quietly."Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway."
"They didn't speak as the sun slowly sank before them. Why was it most colorful when it was about to vanish for the night? Was it angry at being forced belong the horizon? Or was it a showman, giving a performance before retiring?Why was the most colorful part of people's bodies-the brightness of their blood-hidden beneath the skin, never to be seen unless something went wrong?"
"You could not stop times from changing, his mother said, no more than you could stop the surf from rolling."
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