“The worst thing about an almost relationship is the potential that could have been but never was. It leaves you aching for month’s even years after things have ended. It leaves you yearning, unjustifiably, for a future that will never exist with the other person.”— David Lorenzo, thoughtcatalog.com
“We go from disappointment to disappointment, from hope to denial, from expectation to surrender, as we grow older, thinking or coming to think that what was wrong was the wanting, so intense it hurt us, and believing or coming to believe that hope was our mistake and expectation our error, and that…”— Alfred Hayes, amazon.com
“Grief and disappointment can takes one's faith away so easily that you might wake one morning and have none left.”— Susan Fletcher, amazon.com
“Disappointment forever lurked just beyond the edges of her joy, ready to spring like a ravenous cougar.”— Kathleen Rice Adams, amazon.com
“There are some who say that you should forgive everyone, even the people who have disappointed you immeasurably. There are others who say you should not forgive anyone, and should stomp off in a huff no matter how many times they apologize. Of these two philosophies, the second one is of course much…”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“One of the problems I have in life is a tendency to completely romanticize how things will be in the future, which inevitably leads to disappointment because it's pretty much never, never, what I expect.”— Jane Green, amazon.com
“Stay strong; disappointments will not stay for that long. Wipe away your tears; be ready to receive cheers from people all over the world, beginning from you!”— Israelmore Ayivor, amazon.com
“Inasmuch as you cannot predict if and when you will be disappointed, once it happens you have only two choices: You can either let it consume you, until you become bitter and resentful. Or, you can accept what has happened, learn from it and move on. It really is that simple. What we tend to do is o…”— Carlos Wallace, amazon.com
“I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.”— Criss Jami, amazon.com
“There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”— Brandon Sanderson, amazon.com
“She’d been let down enough times to know not to believe in fairy tales.”— Michelle Madow, amazon.com
“How is it that disappointment arrives as soon as what you have desired for so long steps over the threshold? It’s like finding the end of your wedding train dragging behind in the mud.”— Camilla Gibb, amazon.com
“You may encounter many disappointments. Be strong. Tell yourself, 'I am good enough, I will try again.'”— Lailah Gifty Akita, amazon.com
“When you say you believe, you allow the possibility of disappointment. And from disappointment or betrayal, there may come despair. Such is the way of the mind.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com