“That didn’t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them.”
“Things never happened like I imagined them.”
“Things never happen like I imagined them”
“Things never happened like I imagined them" - Pudge (Looking For Alaska)”
“...I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself.”
“My imagination longs to dash ahead and plan developments; but I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself.”