Disappointment Quotes - Page 14

• Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that many of us take for granted. But what of people who can't feel? Or talk about their feelings? Or manage their feelings in constructive ways? What of people who aren't able to form close and strong relationships? And people who cannot find fulfillment in their lives, or those who have lost hope, who live in disappointment and bitterness and find in life no joy, no love? These, it seems to me, are the real disabilities.

  Fred Rogers

  Relationship, Strong, Real

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• if love doesnt come first and linger after, if love cant wait and endure disappointment and seperation, then its not love.

  Robin Hobb

  Waiting, Firsts, Endure

  Robin Hobb (2014). “The Tawny Man Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Fool's Errand, Golden Fool, Fool's Fate”, p.1647, Del Rey

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• She had the kind of looks that had probably been quite pretty in high school, but were now worn down by years of smoking cigarettes, raising children, and the disappointment of being married to an asshole.

  Tami Hoag

  Children, School, Years

  Tami Hoag (2009). “Deeper Than the Dead”, p.104, Penguin

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• Can't you just thank me and get over it?" "Thank you." I waited, fuming and expectant. "You're not going to let it go, are you?" "No." "In that case . . . I hope you enjoy disappointment." We scowled at each other in silence. I was the first to speak, trying to keep myself focused. I was in danger of being distracted by his livid, glorious face. It was like trying to stare down a destroying angel. "Why did you even bother?" I asked frigidly. He paused, and for a brief moment his stunning face was unexpectedly vulnerable. "I don't know," he whispered.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Angel, Silence, Let It Go

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• To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive - to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before

  Rollo May

  Love, Life, Grief

  Rollo May (1969). “Love and will”

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• It will be as if I'd never existed, he'd promised me. I felt the smooth wooden floor beneath my knees, and then the palms of my hands, and then it was pressed against the skin of my cheek. I hoped that I was fainting, but, to my disappointment, I didn't lose consciousness. The waves of pain that had only lapped at me before now reared high up and washed over my head, pulling me under. I did not resurface.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Pain, Hands, Skins

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• Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors. He has always treated me with friendship which I now value more than my old romantic feelings.

  Tamora Pierce

  Envy, Feelings, Favors

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• Sometimes when family members least deserve love, they need it most. Love is not appropriately expressed in threats, accusations, expressions of disappointment, or retaliation. Real love takes time, patience, help, and continuing performances.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Real, Love Is, Expression

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• I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas, as if whatever it was the pine boughs and the candles and the silver and gilt-ribboned presents and the birch-log fires and the Christmas turkey and the carols at the piano promised never came to pass.

  Sylvia Plath

  Christmas, Fire, Turkeys

  Sylvia Plath (2008). “The Bell Jar”, p.65, Faber & Faber

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• The problem with getting everything you want in life is that you're not prepared for disappointment when it comes.

  Rachel Vincent

  Want, Problem, Life Is

  Rachel Vincent (2009). “My Soul to Take”, p.48, Harlequin

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• I'd lost count of the disappointments.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Lost

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.107, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• While there may be thorns and disappointments, while there may be heartache, even heartbreak, there can be peace and comfort and strength from the Lord for those who follow Him.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Heartache, Comfort, May

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• She needed to talk, she needed to cry, she needed to vent all her frustrations and disappointments.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Frustration, Cry, Needed

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• You are not Kaia the Disappointment. Do you hear me? That’s what I was trying to tell you earlier. You are Kaia the Mighty. How many Harpies out there do you think could have brought down the most badass Lord of the Underworld? The same Lord who also happens to be the strongest, sexiest and smartest. And by the way, in case there’s any doubt, I’m describing me.

  Gena Showalter

  Badass, Thinking, Doubt

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Surrender”, p.193, HQN Books

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• But life, if nothing else, had taught her promises weren't always to be counted on, and what appeared at first a shining chance might end in bitter disappointment.

  Susanna Kearsley

  Shining, Promise, Might

  Susanna Kearsley (2011). “Sophia's Secret”, p.43, Allison & Busby

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• Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.

  Ann Patchett

  Writing, Heart, Imagination

  Ann Patchett (2013). “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• Peter was, simply, what a person would look like if you boiled down the most raw emotions and filtered them of any social contract. If you hurt, cry. If you rage, strike out. If you hope, get ready for a disappointment.

  Jodi Picoult

  Hurt, Looks, Raw Emotion

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.264, Simon and Schuster

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• We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded each other of it.

  Nicole Krauss

  Enough, Found, Mets

  Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.103, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Disappointment Can do a couple things. It can drop you into a giant sucking sinkhole of depression, a place you have to fight to climb out of. Or it can trigger an epic mania to overcome the odds and transform failure into success. Say you swing as high as the chains will take you because you seek the thrill of flight, and on the up- kick, you lose your seat. Injury is likely. But if you worry about falling down, and never chance "up," the sky will remain forever out of reach.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Couple, Fall, Fighting

  Ellen Hopkins (2011). “Perfect”, p.397, Simon and Schuster

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• The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.

  Jack Kornfield

  Inspirational, Moving On, Forgiveness

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• endless hope, endless disappointment.

  Cassandra Clare

  Endless

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.591, Simon and Schuster

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• How great it is when we come to know that times of disappointment can be followed by joy; that guilt over falling short of our ideals can be replaced by pride in doing all that we can; and that anger can be channeled into creative achievements... and into dreams that we can make come true.

  Fred Rogers

  Dream, Fall, Pride

  Fred Rogers (2003). “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.94, Hachette UK

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• I'm thinking of how unexpected and yet oddly preordained life can be. Events are upon you in an instant, unforseen and without warning, and often times marked with disappointment and tragedy, but equally often leading to a better understanding of the bittersweet truth of life.

  Rob Lowe

  Thinking, Understanding, Tragedy

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• And that's a life, isn't it? Some achievements and some disappointments. It's been interesting to me, though I wouldn't complain or be amazed if others found it less so. Maybe, in a way, Adrian knew what he was doing. Not that I would have missed my own life for anything, you understand. [pp.60-61]

  Julian Barnes

  Interesting, Achievement, Complaining

  Julian Barnes (2011). “The Sense of an Ending”, p.56, Random House

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• Recognizing that there is more heartbreak in continuous disappointment than a void.

  Emily Giffin

  Void, Recognizing

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Heart of the Matter: A Novel”, p.35, Macmillan

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