Anna C. Brackett Quotes

Oh, must we dream our dreams and have them, too?

expectation isn't the same as desire

Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it.

That in all these worldly Things, that a Man pursues with the greatest Eagerness and Intention of Mind imaginable, he finds not half the Pleasure in the actual Possession of them, that he proposed to himself in the Expectation.

Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not half the pleasure in the possession that he proposed to himself in the expectation.

It's so much better to desire than to have.

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

I'm actually not a particularly negative person, but I feel like most things are better when they're not actualized. The motivation that comes from wanting something is so much more driving of people than actually getting it.

When you are hoping for a call or want something different, I think you lose your edge.

My goal is always to leave you slightly wanting more.

Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.

It's so much better to desire than to have.... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen - that's the most exalting.

There is no better moment than this moment, when we're anticipating the actual moment itself. All of the moments that lead up to the actual moment are truly the best moments. Those are the moments that are filled with good times. Those are the moments in which you are able to think that it is going to be perfect, when the moment actually happens. But, the moment is reality, and reality always kinda sucks!

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.

Hopes were wallflowers. Hopes hugged the perimeter of a dance floor in your brain, tugging at their party lace, all perfume and hems and doomed expectation. They fanned their dance cards, these guests that pressed against the walls of your heart.

I finally had what I'd wantes all those years. Except now that I had it, i felt as empty as this unkempt pool I was dangling my legs into.

He soon felt that the fulfillment of his desires gave him only one grain of the mountain of happiness he had expected. This fulfillment showed him the eternal error men make in imagining that their happiness depends on the realization of their desires.

A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking.

The tread Of coming footsteps cheats the midnight watcher Who holds her heart and waits to hear them pause, And hears them never pause, but pass and die.

To gain anything we have longed for is only to discover how vain and empty it is; and even though we are always living in expectation of better things, at the same time we often repent and long to have the past back again.

The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.