"Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation."

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Eric Hoffer

#Hope Quotes #Disappointment Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“A man can lose sight of everything else when he's bent on revenge, and it ain't worth it.”
“Man is the cruelest animal.”
“Golf is like hunting and fishing. What counts is the companionship and fellowship of friends, not what you catch or shoot.”
“We fought the Revolutionary War for no taxation without representation, it seems to me that we are much worse off today, because we are heavily taxed, and only the king's corporations control this Country, together with mob rule, of the special interests.”
“Tully/Ysolde: "Brom?" I asked, releasing his head. He reeled backwards for a moment, his eyes huge. "Are you all right?" Brom: "I couldn't breathe," he said, giving my ***** a wary glance.”
“We'd rather have faithful Jews, Baptists or Buddhists than some of the Catholics who nearly run you over in the parking lot after Mass.”
“The only thing I have to do in life is die. Everything else is a choice... including breathing.”
“From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew; that a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended.”

Source : "Atonement". Book by Ian Mcewan, www.sfgate.com. 2001.

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