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Quotes About Disappointment

I think we're [men and women] more similar. In that we all deal with our fantasy lives and sometimes are disappointed by reality.
~ Erica Jong
There is probably an innate masochism in a lot of women that ends up disappointed if men don't ill-treat them.
~ Fay Weldon
Women have been repeating the same mistake since time began: falling for a man's potential. We rarely see it the same way, and even more rarely care to achieve it.
~ Karen Marie Moning
Going into therapy doesn't guarantee poop on toast.
~ Laura Schlessinger
There is no such thing in life as no pain and no disappointment.
~ Laura Schlessinger
It's not that women don't feel things, we do. We fall in love, we get our hearts broken, we're disappointed and sad, but we've also been taught that you must always have your pride. Above all.
~ Liz Tuccillo
He didn't like to see either of the women in his family disappointed; it ruined perfectly good meals.
~ Maggie Stiefvater
An artful or false woman shall set thy pillow with thorns.
~ Martin Farquhar Tupper
Some romantic you are," Caine complained as he pushed the door open with his back."Whatever happened to women who liked to be swept off their feet?" "They got dropped," Diana said flatly.
~ Nora Roberts
Every roof is agreeable to the eye, until it is lifted; then we find tragedy and moaning women, and hard-eyed husbands.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love women. I actually prefer girls, as a parent, because they disappoint at a different age. They go through that, "Dad's an idiot," which lasted a little longer than I'd like.
~ Tim Allen
Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?
~ Barbra Streisand
Unfortunately, he still hadn't asked for my number, or a date, or my hand in marriage, and my drink was getting low.
~ Kimberly Novosel, Loved
Lust promises you the world, and disappoints. Love promises you the universe, and delivers.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Some women have kissed—and some are kissing—a lot of frogs, even though the very first man that they have each kissed was and is still a prince.
~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Oh, I simply can't think. When I really want to depress myself, I think of all the brilliant men I know, married to their stupid wives. Enough to break your heart, it really is
~ Doris Lessing
It was a weakness, but he could not bear to disappoint women, even if it was ultimately for their own good.
~ Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
Sometimes the idea of living as a hermit appeals to all of us. No demands, no needs, no pain, no disappointments. But that is because we have been hurt, are worn out.
~ John Eldredge
The experience of watching other standups is either: 1) you see your mate doing standup and it's really bad and you're heartbroken, or 2) You see your mate doing really well and it's heartbreaking.
~ Romesh Ranganathan
It was a dream come true for me to play with the Montreal Canadiens, and the sad thing is that my promise to the city of bringing a Stanley Cup back and wanting to win one, I won't be able to fulfill that promise.
~ P.K. Subban
I grew up in Nashville, born and raised. I'm a country girl, and I love country music. I had a dream I was going to be the first black female country music star, but then that wasn't the case.
~ Adrienne C. Moore
I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.
~ Dirk Benedict
I had some great high points and thought: 'This is fantastic. I'm going to be a huge star.' Then something happens, and you can't get a job to save your life.
~ Adam Rayner
It's easy to feel spurned, especially when you return to your apartment and stare at the hundreds of rejection letters tacked to your bulletin board.
~ Andrew Shaffer