He needed to exist only in the present, without guilt, without expectation. - Margaret Atwood A word of wisdom to you, akribos, you need to learn to accept gifts. (Catera) There's no such thing as a gift. If I were to take that from you, sooner or later you would ask a favor from me in return. Nothing in life is ever truly given without expectation. (Acheron) - Sherrilyn Kenyon Living without expectations is hard but, when you can do it, good. Living without hope is harder, and that is bad. You have got to have hope, and you must'nt shirk it. Love, after all, hopeth all things. But maybe you must learn, and it is hard learning, not to hope out loud, especially for other people. You must not let your hope turn into expectation. - Wendell Berry Love is always bestowed as a gift! freely, willingly, and without expectation.... We don't love to be loved, we love to love - Nicholas Sparks Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don...

I'm not the girl you're looking for if you want a casual hook up, Hunter. That's never been something I'm interested in." "That's not what I want from you," he replied, his hand tightening around mine again. "What do you want? I've never really been able to figure that out." I bit my lip while I waited for his response. "I want for us to sit back and let things flow naturally. No expectations, no rush, let's see what happens on its own. - Lacey Weatherford I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours. - Jane Austen We're in a tightening cycle and the reason is the economy is growing, there's no expectation that the global economy and the Polish economy as a consequence could slow down dramatically. - Marek Belka I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names ...