“Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing.”
“In fact, in what’s known as “rosy prospection,” anticipation of happiness is sometimes greater than the happiness actually experienced.”
“The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.”
“Anticipation is sometimes more exciting than actual events.”
“What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.”
“They say anticipation makes pleasure more intense.”