Expectation

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A Feeling of Expectancy (1)

There are times when a feeling of expectancy comes to me, as if something is there, beneath the surface of my understanding, waiting for me to grasp it. It is the same tantalizing sensation when you ...
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Unfulfilled Life Expectations (2)

How often it happens that a man is unable to enjoy the wealth which he acquired at so much trouble and risk, and that the fruits of his labor are reserved for others; or that he is incapable of filli...


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