Quotes About Disappointment

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Their first words always were as they ran to greet him, "What have you got for me, daddy?" and he had nothing. He would have to buy them some sweets at the station. But that was what he had done for the past four Saturdays; their faces had fallen last time when they saw the same old boxes produced again.

Experiencing a sense of futility can be a way of denying an immense and terrifying buildup of frustration—a well of distress and disappointment at having needs ignored or belittled time after time after time—and it can affect an adult's relationships, career, and deepest sense of self.

Growing up in a very dysfunctional family, I learned early in my life not to have high expectations. As a consequence, my ideas didn't often pan out. I guess I figured that if I didn't expect much, I wouldn't be disappointed. But instead, I ended up being disappointed most of the time.

Expectation has been called "the root of all heartache

our minds lose their footing when our reality doesn't live up to the way we thought things should go.

Expectation has been called "the root of all heartache," and certainly, failed expectations are often the root of deep confusion and inner chaos, as well.

Once she saw herself as the source of her disappointing love story

Much of the horror of a breakup is the insult to our expectations of how this story was supposed to unfold versus how it actually did.

But my heart, thou hast betrayed me deep. You have closed all doors but one and that I slammed in anger.

Never being promoted to the level that you feel you deserve

I knew her a long time. The truth was we both had certain expectations of each other. In the end, I suppose they were too high.

Very few of us relate to what it's like to be a hero. But everyone understands what it's like to fail.

My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have.

Every father wants a daughter to meet the right God, and the right man. Perhaps her father had failed with both.

If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow.

Suck eggs, I thought.

warned that an invasion called off one October might easily take place the next. Yes, it was better to be safe than sorry. Bill began to hum a popular tune of the moment – I found my thrill, on Blueberry Hill – and smiled to himself. Libby had been disappointed when the telegram had arrived putting off her Christmas visit to Liverpool, especially as it would have meant seeing her beloved father after so many months apart.

Geez, what do I need to do, use semaphore? I told you I was unclaimed.

Hey!" I said, indignation filling me. "I'm immortal! Doesn't that mean I won't get saggy boobs and gray hair? Because if it doesn't mean that, I want a refund—

All I want is a gentleman. I'm sick to bloody death of bastards.

All this time, and you're…still such idiots.

Like the servants, we, his children, were beneath him, and so we were left oftentimes standing with his lies in our hands like baffling presents, not knowing what we were to do with this collection of things, his words, whether they should be used or displayed or hidden like a broken toy in a corner of the nursery armoire." -- Emma Garnet on describing her father, page 2

Grownups were always breaking promises as if it didn't matter at all.