“Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.”
Norton Juster book The Phantom Tollbooth
Source: The Phantom Tollbooth
“A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.”
Last update Sept. 28, 2023. History
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes." by Mark Twain?
Mark Twain637
American author and humorist 1835–1910Related quotes
“No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.”
Lynda Barry (1956) Cartoonist
Source: Cruddy
“Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.”
Alice James (1848–1892) American diarist
As quoted in Alice James, Her Brothers — Her Journal (1934).
Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966) Russian modernist poet
"You will hear thunder and remember me...", translated by D. M. Thomas
That day, in Moscow, a true prophecy,
when for the last time I say goodbye,
soaring to the heavens that I longed to see,
leaving my shadow here in the sky.
"Thunder," translated by A.S.Kline
“Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.”
Norton Juster book The Phantom Tollbooth
Source: The Phantom Tollbooth
Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933) Greek poet
Collected Poems (1992), When the Watchman Saw the Light (1900)
Context: Now the longed-for signal has appeared. Yet when happiness comes
it brings less joy than one expected.
But at least we've gained this much: we've rid ourselves
of hope and expectation.
“Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.”
Haruki Murakami (1949) Japanese author, novelist