Best Anticipation Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“I know it's too early for the L-word, and yet it's there, bursting from the seams, begging to be spoken. And as Cooper kisses me good night at the door, I bury the word in the depths of my stomach with the kaleidoscope of butterflies he gives me.”

“I get the feeling I’ve been waiting for this to start for a really long time.”

“Getting dressed is an intricate process, and I enjoy each step. It's all about anticipation, hope for the night.”

“I like this part of the story best,’ she says. ‘Me too,’ says Tom. ‘Oh, me too.’ And oh God, thinks Claudia, may it have a happy ending. Please may it have a happy ending.”

“The days passed in a dream. I pictured our reunion again and again, played it out in my mind over and over until I’d almost worn a groove in my thoughts, so deep that it seemed the only thing I could think of was our reunion. Anticipation is a gift. Perhaps there is none greater. Anticipation is born of hope. Indeed it is hope’s finest expression. In hope’s loss, however, is the greatest despair.”

“...anticipation of happiness can sometimes be as gratifying as its consummation.”

“Remember the botched brothel-visit in L’Education sentimentale and remember its lesson. Do not participate: happiness lies in the imagination, not the act. Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory.”

“The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad.”

“It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack, counter-argument, and retort...only to find a big bear hug coming his way.”