Disappointment Quote by Alice Hoffman

he knew that a part of his life was complete and that whatever path he chose, he would experience the ache of unfulfilled dreams.

— Melina Marchetta

“He couldn't help but give in to the occasional temptation to replay past events in his mind, altering them, changing them from cruel to…

— Kevin Henkes

“He had in those days imagined himself capable of extraordinary heroisms and endurances which would make the girl he loved forget the awkward hands…

— Graham Greene

“If he looked back on what his life had been lately, he had perhaps managed two or three days when he had woken up,…

— Paulo Coelho

“His dreams contained no stories at all, but only the hard stones of thoughts: the unimaginably unlikely coincidence of being alive at the same…

— Dara Horn

“He already knew that life was largely illusion, that though wonderful things could happen, nevertheless as many disappointments came in compensation: and he knew,…

— William Sansom

“He remembered a version of himself untrammeled by expectation, unimpeded by Ego. He had suffered in the many years since then, seeking to return…

— Ashim Shanker

“Dreams changed a person, and there was a little danger in that, because having a powerful dream made you vulnerable to failure and disappointment.”

— Susan Wiggs

He realized now he was only just beginning to see the full extent to which it was his destiny to follow, to walk blindly…

— Ann Patchett

“I made a sorry face in response to such strong insistence, but I couldn’t believe him. Fantasies were exactly that―fantasies. Whimsy. Wishes. Mere castles…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“We all look back at some time or other and wonder why we didn't listen to our instincts. Why did we hestiate? Why did…

— Diane Griffith

and realized that death was not only a permanent probability, as he had always believed, but an immediate reality.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez