Alexander McCall Smith (1948) British writer
Love Over Scotland, chapter 50.
The 44 Scotland Street series
“…and what gets me out of bed in the mornings continues to be the expectation of what might happen, all unannounced. I'm always expecting the unexpected, and I still fantasise about what might still be.”
...y lo que me hace levantarme por las mañanas sigue siendo la espera de lo que está por llegar y no se anuncia, es la espera de lo inesperado, y no ceso de fantasear con lo que ha de venir.
Source: Todas las Almas [All Souls] (1989), p. 137
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but to find this happening on one’s own doorstep was a shock.
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