Quote by Adriana Trigiani

“If you look for a meaning, you’ll miss everything that happens.”

— Andrei Tarkovsky

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

— Joe Abercrombie

“But horrible things happen alongside wonderful things all the time. And if you let the horrible things detract from the wonder of the good…

— Leta Blake

“The biggest disappointments in life come from having expectations that life will be a certain way and then finding out it isn’t.”

— Kate McGahan

“We all suffered. Everyone has his own burden to bear, but the world goes on turning. Times change. Wondering 'what if?' does no good.…

— Andrea Maria Schenkel

“One has to be at least as ancient as I am now to see that if you try to make sense of life, if…

— Andrew Levkoff

“For some things there are no explanations - no reasons, and so, when these things happen, there is nothing to talk about really. And…

— Matthew Quick

“Did it do me any good, early in life, to believe so many things which were not true? Or did it damage me? Pouring…

— Sara Baume

“If you are thinking that everything sucks, you’ll end up where everything does. This is how people get caught in a downward spiral and…

— Doug Rose

“Everything does not happen for a reason. Believing this does not ease the pain for anyone. It hides it.”

— RJ Blizzard

“But if there's one thing I've found in all my muddled wanderings, it's that we learn from our misfortunes just as much as from…

— Deborah Hopkinson

“Life is about disappointments. Without the pain, how will we appreciate the good stuff?”

— Bijou Hunter