Sarah Dessen Quotes

Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.

If you expect the worst from a person you can never be disappointed.

I wouldn't say that I relax and enjoy anything. But I think my pessimism helps. I never really expect anything good to happen, so when it does, it's a nice surprise.

What have we all got to expect that we allow ourselves to be so lined with disappointment?

Life delivers far less disappointment when your expectations are low.

I keep my expectations low, so nobody disappoints me." "Yeah, well, I have high expectations." I look toward Miranda. "I guess my friends do, too." "Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.

I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.

In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Have you ever noticed when you start getting happy, you say, uh-uh, I'd better watch out. I feel too good. Something's going to happen.

Well I do think there are people who are habitually negative and depressed and take the opposite approach because they imagine the worst, and their minds become dominated by that. They let their own emotions and expectations transform their perceptions of the world.

Always think the worst. That way you will avoid too much disappointment in life.

The good part about being a pessimist is, when something bad happens, you're never really devastated by it. And when something good happens, it's such a bonus.

This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you aren’t as devastated.

It's hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true.

I count absolutely no chickens before they're hatched. In fact, I assume they're all dead in their shells, inside their eggs.

I really kind of set the bar really low, so I don't get disappointed.

I don't like to think of anyone waking up every morning amazed that things haven't gone their way in life.

It's tough to say this, but sometimes it's better if you are losing because then you don't expect anything.

I hate all of my own matches. I hate all of my own work. I am my worst critic.

I just don't get my hopes up. I don't expect too much from people in the league because you just never know what could happen.

I try not to go down the 'what if' road very often. It isn't fruitful and just makes you feel crummy.

I'm such a pessimist. I find it impossible to enjoy anything, especially while it's happening. I'm thinking about how to get the next thing right.

I try not to get my hopes up too high with anything, because I'll never be let down that way.

The last thing I want to do is get too happy.