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“the idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.” Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“I guess I've been waiting so long I'm looking for perfection. That makes it tough.” Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“With a woman who does not love us, as with someone who has died, the knowledge that there is nothing left to hope for does not prevent us from going on waiting.” Marcel Proust, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
“moments were to be experienced; waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come and the moments one was currently disregarding.” Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere
“At the bottom of her heart, however, she was waiting for something to happen. Like shipwrecked sailors, she turned despairing eyes upon the solitude of her life, seeking afar off some white sail in the mists of the horizon.” Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
“When you really want love you will find it waiting for you.” Oscar Wilde, De Profundis
“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.” Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
“It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.” Erich Maria Remarque, Three Comrades
“For a while is a phrase whose length can't be measured. At least by the person who's waiting” Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun
“They also serve who only stand and wait.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Over the Teacups
“But come; loss now will be gain then! To wait is harder than to run, and its meed is the fuller.” George MacDonald, Lilith
“All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come.” George MacDonald, Lilith
“You have to wait until tomorrow to find out what tomorrow will bring.” Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“The night is long that never finds the day.” William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“What a good thing, for instance, it was that one princess should sleep for a hundred years! Was she not saved from all the plague of young men who were not worthy of her?” George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind
“Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,—'Wait and hope.'” Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
“in every sickness there are many days when the doctor can do nothing but wait.” Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
“Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goals, if he is able to think, if he is able to wait, if he is able to fast.” Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
“It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may always expect the most efficient service.” Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
“For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a Reserved sign on a quiet corner table in a restaurant. Despite the fact that I was sure I’d never see her again.” Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun
“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.” John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
“I can think. I can wait. I can fast.” Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
“The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as in long swallows. Waiting rooms were made for books—of course!” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?” Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
“you can't wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else.” Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
“Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
“For life be, after all, only a waitin' for somethin' else than what we're doin', and death be all that we can rightly depend on.” Bram Stoker, Dracula
“supreme joy is a hundredfold greater in anticipation than in possession; its savour is greater while we wait for it than when it is ours.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, or On Education
“However, he means to succeed, and a man who has centuries before him can afford to wait and to go slow.” Bram Stoker, Dracula

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