Truly, life is the misery we endure between disappointments.

“Round and round in circles we go, clutching at successes that we never grasp, endlessly tripping over the same old failures. Truly, life is…

— Joe Abercrombie

If life is misery, why do we endure it?

— Roberto Bolano

There must always be some pretentiousness about literature, or else no one would take its pains or endure its disappointments.

— Glenway Wescott

“So often in life, moments that are long anticipated turn out to be profound disappointments.”

— Joe Abercrombie

Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.

— Mason Cooley

I think making mistakes is as inevitable as receiving disappointments.

— Loretta Young

“She sat at the little table, her expression like that of a child digesting failed plans.”

— R.J. Lawrence

“Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.”

— Elizabeth George

When the bottom falls out and disappointments come, you will learn what you believe, what you love, and what you treasure.

— Ligon Duncan

In life we have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the disappointments briefly and then move on

— Zig Ziglar

Less expectations, less disappointments.

— Anonymous

“There is a satisfaction we don't want to come to until we come to it in God…[Disappointments] serve to remind us every day that…

— John Eldredge

“Goodbye!" "Oh, not goodbye!" he protested. "I mean to know you better, Miss Lanyon of Undershaw!" "To be sure, it does seem a pity…

— Georgette Heyer

So many dreams, so many disappointments, so many promises. And in the end, they all just vanish.

— Haruki Murakami

In all disappointments sympathy is a great balm.

— Elizabeth Gaskell