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Quotes About Disappointment

Scoffin' a load of our grub an' not tellin' a story? I say, what a bally swizz!
~ Brian Jacques
Sometimes it's best to expect the worst. That way you're never disappointed.
~ Brian Jacques
I feel a horror for exaggerated love or friendship. It's just too well demonstrated to me that when the moment comes that one asks something, or has need of something, the responce is not worth a biscuit.
~ Brian Thompson
Well, come to think of it, if we lose a job, we lose our sense of identity. That's one of the reasons many people get very disillusioned when they retire. They seem to lose their sense of purpose. Suddenly, there is nothing to do, no place to be, no one to need you or value you," he explained.
~ Brian Tracy
felt abandoned by her when she drank, but as long as I wasn't hurt and she was accounted for and alive, I could justify that everything was all right. Never really knowing what I was going to come home to established a constant underlying sense of anxiety in my gut. I remained unrealistically optimistic that every day would be different. Mom would keep her promise and not get drunk at that birthday or that particular function.
~ Brooke Shields
Gilded palace of Flying Burritos Excellent Nouveau Mexican Cuisine We all got to wear Swank-Ass Nudie Suits I should have known it was a lousy pipe dream Ohhh, Ohhh, what an awesome job Ohhh, Ohhh, what do I do now?? Ohh, Ohhhhh, it's like I've been robbed Spent the last of my paycheque And I'm feelin' pretty downnnnn!!
~ Bryan Lee O'Malley
She did not delude herself into expecting Francis to love her. He had never been taught how to love, but had an arresting way of looking pleased at Adah's achievements.
~ Buchi Emecheta
Everyone likes ice cream, he said, white with rage. The mask of patience was slipping, and I don't know how I managed to hold back my tears. Everyone except you, son, because you're a moron.
~ César Aira
Obviously I'm doing something wrong," Russell said dryly. "I thought vacations involved white sand beaches and cerulean skies, not concussions and working over the weekend.
~ C.E. Murphy
How is it that disappointment arrives as soon as what you have desired for so long steps over the threshold? It's like finding the end of your wedding train dragging behind in the mud.
~ Camilla Gibb
All men are a disappointment. No matter what anyone says.
~ Candace Bushnell
Should, is the worst word in the English language. People always think things should be a certain way, and when they're not, they're disappointed.
~ Candace Bushnell
Should, I suddenly recal myself saying to Samantha and Miranda, is the worst word in the English language. People always thing thing 'should' be a certain way, and when they're not, they're disappointed.
~ Candace Bushnell
Sex. It's the biggest sham of all. I mean, your whole life, all you ever hear is how you're supposed to save yourself for marriage. And how it's so special. And then you finally do it. And you're like, that's it? This is what everyone's been raving about?
~ Candace Bushnell
He still went out nearly every night. I thought, is this what he's going to do when we have the baby? Have I made another terrible mistake with a man? You don't really know a man until you have a child with him. Then you see so much. Is he kind? Is he tolerant? Is he loving? Or is he immature and egotistical and selfish? When you have a child, it can go two ways with your husband: You love him even more, or you lose all respect for him. And if you lose respect, there's no way to get it back...
~ Candace Bushnell
Cada vez que un hombre me dice que es un romántico, me dan ganas de escupirle. Únicamente significa que tiene una idea romántica de ti, pero en cuanto te muestras tal y como eres y dejas de encajar en su fantasía, se desinfla. Los hombres románticos son un peligro. Cuanto más lejos, mejor.
~ Candace Bushnell
Sex. It's the biggest sham of all. I mean, your life, all you ever hear is how you're supposed to save yourself for marriage. And how its so special. And then you finally do it. And you're like, that it'? This is what everyone's been raving about?
~ Candace Bushnell
If you believe in love, your setting yourself up to be disappointed.
~ Candace Bushnell
Crap." We were supposed to get boyfriends last year and we didn't.
~ Candace Bushnell
I married an asshole, she thought, knifing into the waves.
~ Carl Hiaasen
Congratulations. A new low.
~ Carl Hiaasen
So that's your man? The 'talent' you manage?' 'He had a bad night.' Coolman said tightly. Merry cackled. 'A bad night? The dude's a total homophobe! Also a bigot!' 'There's a culture gap, that's all.' 'No, it's a decency gap, Bob! Your client's a flaming a-hole! What's the matter with you? I'm so disappointed.' Coolman had received other morality lectures, though never from a professional criminal.
~ Carl Hiaasen
This is the worst year of my life, and it's only the seventeenth of January.
~ Carl Hiaasen
sucking on a football.
~ Carl Hiaasen