A cathedral, a wave of a storm, a dancer’s leap, never turn out to be as high as we had hoped.
Anticipation Quotes
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.
We… anticipate what’s to come, then ignore what’s actually here.
We are attracted to what is already ours in secret. Thus passionate anticipation transforms what is indeed possible into dreamt-for reality.
A man’s delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
