Quotes About Chagrin

with Bergotte, the embarrassment of the name, laden with its disconcerting preconceptions, was insignificant compared with the chagrin I felt at the prospect of tying this man with his goatee to the work I knew, as though to a balloon, and wondering whether it might still have the power to become airborne.

Everett found to his chagrin that questions that appeared minor gained incredible staying power and significance from even the most tenuous connection to slavery.