“To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect”
“She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.”
“I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected.”
“to hope was to expect”
“Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic.”
“Hoping for something is not the same as expecting it.”