“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
Source: The Bell Jar (1963), Ch. 5
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American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932–1963Related quotes
“Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed”
Letter, written in collaboration with John Gay, to William Fortescue (23 September 1725).
A similar remark was made in a letter to John Gay (16 October 1727): "I have many years magnify'd in my own mind, and repeated to you a ninth Beatitude, added to the eight in the Scripture: Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
Variant: Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Context: "Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed" was the ninth Beatitude which a man of wit (who, like a man of wit, was a long time in gaol) added to the eighth.
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 2
“Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.”
Variant: Don't expect much, and you won't be disappointed.
Source: The Wizard Heir
“You never want to disappoint a fan.”
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Source: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), Ch. 4