“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.”

“Expection the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.”

“To expect life to treat you good is foolish as hoping a bull won't hit you because you are a vegetarian.”

“Dennis: Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.”

“Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.”

“It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone.”

“Life isn't happily ever after... It's work. The person you love is rarely worthy of how big your love is. Because no one is worthy of that and maybe no one deserves that burden of it, either. You'll be let down. You'll be disappointed and have your trust broken and have a lot of real sucky days. You lose more than you win. You hate the person you love as much as you love him. But you roll up your sleeves and work - at everything - because that's what growing older is.”