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Quotes About Disillusionment

False hope really makes you cynical.
~ Bill Maher
Something was dead in each of us, and what was dead was hope
~ Oscar Wilde
Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.
~ Haruki Murakami
My sweetest hope is to lose hope
~ Pierre Corneille
People are rapidly losing hope and trust. They believe their government has been captured by special interests and no longer cares about them, and they are right.
~ Marcy Kaptur
When I was young, I thought I was a bird at one time. Then they told me I can't fly, so I stopped flying.
~ Anthony Liccione
We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.
~ Alan Bennett
Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.
~ Mark Twain
A fellow has to believe in something, Jay-such as the rottenness of humanity.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Walt is dead. And, after a couple of hours at Epcot, you'll wish you were, too.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled her.
~ Arthur Rimbaud
He said that he was sure you would be amendable to this course of action." April paused, eyes widening, before she said indignantly, "I believe he may have lied to me!
~ Seanan McGuire, Ashes of Honor
I used to have a lot of faith in humanity before the advent of the website "comment" section.
~ Jim Gaffigan, Dad Is Fat
Because ENOUGH is TOO MUCH!And look around ...can you blame us?!
~ Morrissey
Is this the reality you wanted?
~ Jonghyun
I didn't read the book. I burned it after the first sentence.
~ Rodindeadpan
The longer you stay in one place, the greater your chance of disillusionment.
~ Art Spander
If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.
~ Andre Gide
I dream of eagles and bring forth sparrows.
~ Truman Capote
Were revolutions ever really what we thought them to be?
~ Rebecca Solnit
You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul - you are disappointed.
~ Edith Södergran
Reality Sucks, I want my dreams back.
~ Sandra Chami Kassis
It's not that you want a baby, or want to get married, or any of it. It's not your bag. You just feel tired for some reason. Tired of the world. Tired of trying to fit in where you don't.
~ Jami Attenberg
She'd grown to hate people in authority. They did bad things and got away with it.
~ Jan Springer