Quotes About Disappointment

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

He did not fall down to his feet, kiss my shoes, and promise me the world. I must be getting rusty.

I tried to scrounge up some awe but only got anxiety instead.

Or a stuffed animal. I would've cuddled with it at night." I sighed heavily. "Oh well. I guess that's never going to happen." Arabella giggled. Grandma pointed the breaker bar at her. "Quiet in the peanut gallery.

I'd believed him. He was supposed to be different, to be more. He'd made me hope for things I didn't think I'd ever get. When hope broke, it hurt. Mine was a very big, very desperate hope, and it hurt like a sonovabitch.

Arland had abandoned her the first chance he got. What did you expect? Did you expect he would come and take you by the hand and lead you to a seat at the host table? Yes. The answer was yes. Maud didn't expect it, but she wanted it. Stupid.

hated casinos. The lure of easy money brought out the worst in people. The air smelled of greed, disappointment, and desperation.

Oh, now that's not nice ..." Kaldar clicked his tongue.

I hated casinos. The lure of easy money brought out the worst in people. The air smelled of greed, disappointment, and desperation.

My voice was so bitter I could taste it. "It doesn't matter. I thought you wanted to be with me. You made me want"—I struggled with words—"things I didn't think I would ever get. I thought we had a chance. But it's over now.

Laughter is an affect resulting from the sudden transformation of a heightened expectation into nothing.

How could she tell her that sometimes people didn't get what they wanted? That maybe they were wrong to ever want it in the first place.

Alla fine, tutte le passioni sono tragiche, tutti i desideri maledetti, perché si ottiene sempre meno di quel che si è sognato...

Ci sono quelle che aspettano lo stesso uomo, e quelle che aspettano un uomo diverso da quello che è partito, disse fra sé, e tutte restano deluse.

She felt intense disappointment, even a kind of guilt, as if she had missed something, perhaps forever. He had been there, she could have spoken to him. Could she call out now, cry his name? It was impossible.

People have disappointed me and deceived me and let me down.

But I live, I live , with an absolutely continuous sense of failure. I am always defeated, always.

I have seen much of human beings over a long period, and I have learnt how little good to expect from them.

He was extremely angry with Bellamy who had, when Clement needed him, refused to be with him.

I've never had any luck, Brad. I don't even hope for any any more.

I thought it might make him despair of life, but he has despaired anyway.

Ducane knew that Willy had looked forward to this visit. He knew too that the visit was rendering Willy unspeakably miserable.

She committed her energies to the Labour Party in 1944 but expressed disappointment with its leaders, complaining to David Hicks in May of 'the usual lack of unity and intelligent leadership on the left'. To her surprise and delight, however, the Labour Party swept to victory in July 1945.