"We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment."

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Source : Henry HOME (Lord Kames.) (1775). “Introduction to the art of thinking. Third edition. Enlarged with additional maxims and illustrations. [By Henry Home, Lord Kames.]”, p.45

Henry Home, Lord Kames

#Expectations Quotes #Wish Quotes #Anticipation Quotes

“If you know exactly what your character knows, its a drama.”
“When you long with all your heart for someone to love you, a madness grows there that shakes all sense from the trees and the water and the earth. And nothing lives for you, except the long deep bitter want. And this is what everyone feels from birth to death.”

Source : Denton Welch (1952). “The Denton Welch Journals”
“He felt as if he were paying for the privilege of music with portions of his life and body. But it was well worth it.”
“That's what perfect means. You're finished.”
“The teacher's role in discussion is to keep it going along fruitful lines - be moderating, guiding, correcting and arguing like one more students.”
“Why is ***** against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesnâ€™t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?”
“I can only gesture at what makes a story good.”
“It is after you have realized that there is a real Moral Law, and a Power behind the law, and that you have broken that law and put yourself wrong with that Power -- it is after all this, and not a moment sooner, that Christianity begins to talk.”

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