“Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.”
“Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Act because you need to act”
“Being in a relationship doesn’t entitle you to anything. You don’t get what you expect, you get what you create.”
“I believe that if you don’t want to do anything, then sit there and don’t do it, but don’t expect people to hand you a corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you.”
“Doing goodness is good only when you don’t expect anything in return; not a medal, not even a simple thanking!”
“As for all your latest Mayan discoveries and poems, I want to hear every word of it if you want to transmit it, or tell it when we meet, but don’t expect me to get excited by anything anymore.”