Quotes About Frustration

He winced at her efforts to mollify him. Why didn't she say she was disgusted with his behaviour, with his long absence, his infrequent superficial letters? And if she did say it - would he defend himself? Would he give reasons, try to explain how meaningless every endeavour seemed to him? No. For then she would start crying again, he would tell her to stop being silly, she would ask for details, and he would tell her to mind her own business.

I'm cold, the lover says, let's go back, but there is no road, no way, the boat is wrecked.

I am caught in this contradiction: on the one hand, I believe I know the other better than anyone and triumphantly assert my knowledge to the other ( I know you—I'm the only one who really knows you!); and on the other hand, I am often struck by the obvious fact that the other is impenetrable, intractable, not to be found; I cannot open up the other, trace back the other's origins, solve the riddle. Where does the other come from? Who is the other? I wear myself out, I shall never know.

12 de noviembre Hoy—día de mi cumpleaños—estoy enfermo y no puedo—no puedo ya decírselo a ella.

Finally, he flung his hat on the ground in disgust and fumed, "Are these the men with whom I am to defend America?

I am so tired. It is so long. I want to see Hamilton.

Se John Kirwan Venton tinha esperanças de pôr as mãos na herança de Ann, foi frustrado pela prudência do sogro, que deixou dois sétimos de seu patrimônio para Ann, mas especificou que Venton estaria excluído do dinheiro, referindo-se a ele como pessoa "lamentável em sua conduta".

He had let them down again. After a year, it was decided that the house would be completely revamped.

Paradoxically, it was the philanthropic effort that most frustrated him and most frequently violated his charitable principles.

At first, Rockefeller swallowed his anger and stoically endured this injustice.

Your speech at the First Presbyterian Church has caused me a great deal of annoyance.

You like being in love with someone who's not going to love you back." She opened her eyes. He looked at her. "Why would I like that?" she asked. He shrugged. "I don't know.

Dealing with morons Ã¢â'¬Â¦ is like teaching Hindu to a beagle.

I had worked my butt off for those bastards. I was good at my job. I had made them a fortune. And they just slung me out like suddenly I was shit on their shoe. And I was scared. I was going to lose it all, right? And I was tired. I couldn't start again at the bottom of something else. I was too old and I had no energy. I just didn't know what to do.

Wrong place," Reacher said. "Wrong time, wrong reasons, wrong methods, wrong approach, wrong leadership. No real backing, no real will to win, no coherent strategy.

damn miles.

You can't find him, can you?" I said. "You're useless, Kliner. You're a useless piece of shit. You think you're some kind of a smart guy, but you can't find Hubble. You couldn't find your asshole if I gave you a mirror on a stick.

Jed Starmer finally admitted that he'd been right the first time. Riding a bike was a total pain in the ass. It was a pain in the ass. The calves. The thighs. The back. The shoulders. The neck. In pretty much every part of his body. Jed had never been so uncomfortable in his entire life. All he could think was, People do this for fun? What the hell is wrong with them?

Drivers hit their horns in anticipation of potential fractional delays.

This was bad. This was toss-Emma-back-into-the-mental-hospital-bad.

E soprattutto, non dobbiamo ingannare noi stessi: non dobbiamo mai cercare di alleviare le nostre frustrazioni e amarezze per una morte che tarda ad arrivare illudendoci di uccidere qualcuno per difendere la sua dignità.

in 1904 he applied for a promotion from patent clerk third class to patent clerk second class and was turned down.

The supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips performance

Sometimes I feel like I'm choking to death on what I'm feeling. I need to talk and I don't even know how.