Sophie Hannah Quotes

I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains.

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday.

Like a prisoner awaiting his release, like a schoolboy when the end of term is near, like a migrant bird ready to fly south ... I long to be gone.

I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation.

I wanted to wake you straightaway, but I knew I had to wait several hours to ensure you were safely recovered." "What! How long has it been?" "Five minutes. I got bored.

I know firsthand how agonizing waiting can be.

I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.

Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready.

On one hand, it seems like I've waited a long time for this.

I have been devoured all my life by an incurable and burning impatience: and to this day find all oratory, biography, operas, films, plays, books, and persons, too long.

Fang: When do I get out of here? Max: They say a week. Fang: So, like, tomorrow? Max: That's what I'm thinking.

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.

I was always looking out of the window, looking at my watch, thinking about when I could play football.

Sitting and waiting for something to happen was the worst kind of torture.

Ten minutes can be a long time when you're waiting with a beating heart for something you don't understand, something you don't really want to know.

Waiting is one of life's hardships. It is hard enough to wait for chocolate cream pie while burnt roast beef is still on your plate. It is plenty difficult to wait for Halloween when the tedious month of September is still ahead of you. But to wait for one's adopted uncle to come home while a greedy and violent man is upstairs was one of the worst waits the Baudelaires had ever experienced.

Ah! when will this long weary day have end, And lende me leave to come unto my love? - Epithalamion

I hope it won't take long.

I've been waiting for you forever." "Forever' as in several hundred years, or forever as in since my lesson began?

Hope, O my soul, hope. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience turns a very short time into a long one.

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.