Disappointment Quote by Maurice Sendak Download Open image “Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment.” — Maurice Sendak ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disappointment Finding Gay Older Out Shock
When I was young, people were so disgusted by me. Before I even knew that I was gay... everybody else had it figured out… — John Grant Copy Share Image
Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I'd had to tell them. — Boy George Copy Share Image
I came out to my parents as gay, and then I realized, you know, four or five years later, that I wasn't really happy,… — Candis Cayne Copy Share Image
As a young girl, there were the obvious messages about what girls could and couldn't achieve. And to compound the limitations I felt being… — Chely Wright Copy Share Image
I knew that I was different when I was six years old, but it wasn't until I got to about 10 or 11 that… — Boy George Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I knew I was gay. I loved a lot. But I lived as a straight guy, because there are people… — Domenico Dolce Copy Share Image
My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on. — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I kept hoping that I wasn't really gay because I wanted to have children. I went through a long,… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
When I was 13, my mum knew that I was gay, and she just always knew. — Kristian Nairn Copy Share Image
I never thought of Bumble-Ardy in that way. But I still have that same deep feeling for children who are in dire trouble. I see Bumble-Ardy as a lonely, unhappy kid who is doing the very best he can to be in the world, to have a party. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share
I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if they had,… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“May I ask what you have in your black leather bag with gold buckles?" "Everything." They were climbing a narrow staircase. Rhoda stopped to… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way. It's no good being an illustrator who is saying a lot that is on his or her mind, if it has nothing to do with the text. . . the artist must override the story, but he must… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share
I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't be just like they were before. Damaged pieces reassembled with a golden bonding of patience and love will help form a person into an exquisite masterpiece. It is as if people have to be broken before… — Steve Goodier Copy Share
Disappointment contains an appointment for doing much better. High expectations mean your higher capacity and belief in abilities. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The fear of not being good enough, the fear of disappointing other people and the fear of failure can really hurt one's personality and… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Though there may be people in your life that support you and encourage you we have to realize that people are only human, and… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
There are still many more days of failure ahead, whole seasons of failure, things will go terribly wrong, you will have huge disappointments ,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that because of our past we, as a people, expect too much and set our sights too high. That is not the way I see it. Rather it seems to me that throughout my life in politics our ambitions have steadily shrunk. Our response to disappointment has not been to lengthen our stride but to shorten… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
I'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible rejection letters… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
