208 Quotes About Anticipation

He dropped his towel. He showed me what I had gotten myself into, what wanted to get into me.

Building anticipation into one's preaching simply calls for one basic understanding of the task of the pulpit: the goal is not to get something said but to get something heard.

Before we leave, we pick up the casings, bright red in the dull dead leaves. My cheek is also red. The next day a bruise will show. But for now it is hot, and I am happy, exhilarated, still quivering with the anticipation of something already passed.

I just hope — if he does come — it won't be some sort of horror show.

Let’s see if I can unsettle you enough to shake your aim.” He swallowed the rest of his wine, rose, and crooked his finger. “‘Come here, little fly…” Juvven grinned wider and finished, “…said the spider.

So long awaited that its coming was a shock.

I was like a child leaving a gift unwrapped, the anticipation more exciting than the reality.

What’s behind the door or lurking at the top of the stairs is never as frightening as the door or the staircase itself.

On this diet of expectation, he had fairly frenzied himself by the time he arrived.