Quotes About Disappointment

En realidad, ningún domingo puede terminar bien, como todo el mundo sabe.

You had such promise, Katarina. You were top of your class in mathematics, in chemistry, physics. You won the English essay contest. You were on the honor roll. You could have been anything you wanted, but now you are a maid, cleaning up after other people.

Now you can't even dispose of your dear mother's ashes, the mother who gave up everything in native Ukraine for you so you could have a better life. You never could finish things off properly. You even dropped out of school after we saved all the money for your university education. Too much drinking. Too much partying. Bad crowd.

This was supposed to be mine. Labden guaranteed me the COO position for the new resort when it comes online. I've put my heart and sweat into this company for years. TerraWest has traded on my name, my Olympic fame, my gold medals, for God's sake. I'm married to the founder's daughter.

thought it would be cool for her to meet my mom. But you know what? It was a fucking dumbass idea. Because you're an embarrassment.

I expected a good deal more from you," Marcelline said, "You bungled it." "Yes," he said. "What else could I do? I was asking the wrong woman to marry me.

I'm in a mood to knock someone down, and you'll do very well." "Don't tell me," Longmore said. "The dressmaker doesn't want you, either. By gad, this isn't your day, is it? Not your week, rather.

Miss, I'm sure lots of women think of running away when men disappoint us. But if all of us was to actually do that, there wouldn't be a woman left in London.

What people don't like to think about is that you can do everything right—in life or in a treatment protocol—and still get the short end of the stick.

Almost is always the hardest, isn't it?" she said one afternoon. "Almost getting something. Almost having a baby. Almost getting a clean scan. Almost not having cancer anymore." I thought about how many people avoid trying for things they really want in life because it's more painful to get close to the goal but not achieve it than not to have taken the chance in the first place.

You know what I love about Rosie?" he says. "She's the only one who doesn't ask things of me. The only one who isn't, in one way or another, disappointed with me—or at least, she wasn't before she bit me! Who wouldn't love that?" He laughs loudly, like we're at a bar and he's just tossed out a breezy one-liner.

People often mistake numbness for nothingness, but numbness isn't the absence of feelings; it's a response to being overwhelmed by too many feelings. John looks from his cell back to me. "You know what I love about Rosie?" he says. "She's the only one who doesn't ask things of me. The only one who isn't, in one way or another, disappointed with me—

I leaned my back against an oak Thinking it was a trusty tree. But first it bent, And then it broke And let me down as my love did me. —"The Water Is Wide," traditional folk song

Too bad my effing husband couldn't keep his very hungry caterpillar in his pants.

But you were the one who came to see it! You said it was just what you were looking for!" Her voice rising—and not in an I-fancy-you way—Ginny said, "You said it was perfect!" He blinked, nonplussed. "It is perfect. For Laurel." Frantically, Ginny ran back through everything he'd told her. "No, hang on, you said your flat was too small…

Unaccountably disappointed, Conor did the only thing he could do and took a consolatory bite of his mince pie. Oh well.

wasn't looking too cheerful. God, and who could blame her? She was about to have a baby and it had all gone pear-shaped with the father;

Tag opened the door to his knock, and with a look of disappointment, peered behind Wade. You got someone better coming over? Wade asked him. Pizza, Tag said.

We all have horrible track records," he said. "It's what leads up to the real thing. It's what allows you to recognize it when it shows up.

This was not how she'd envisioned the day going when she got up this morning and made that bargain with God, the one where she promised to be a better person if he gave her a whole day where she didn't have to face anything from her past. But God had just reneged on the deal. Which meant she didn't have to be a better person…

Hope was elusive, and a total bitch.

sometimes adulthood felt like the vet's office and she was the dog excited for the car ride—only to find out the destination.

She was going to be mine, but then my landlord said no dogs." "You live in your own house." "I'm awfully strict.

Hell's bells, irony blows.