"Life disappoints. Everybody knows that. But must it horrify?"

-- Helen Yglesias

#Disappoint Quotes

“What I miss [about church] is being forced to be in community with people that aren't the same as me.”
“It's not my story anymore: whenever I speak about the past now, I feel as if I were talking about something that has nothing to do with me. All that remains in the present are the voice, the presence, and the importance of fulfilling my mission. I don't regret difficulties I experienced; I think they helped me to become the person I am today, I feel the way a warrior must feel after years of training; he doesn't remember the details of everything he learned, but he knows how to strike when the time is right.”
“We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not.”
“Fatigue is what we experience, but it is what a match is to an atomic bomb.”
“You look a certain way because you want people to listen to you in a certain way.”
“Wedded love is founded on esteem.”

Source : John Banks, Elijah Fenton, Colley Cibber, Edward I Young (1777). “The Albion Queens, Or the Death of Mary Queen of Scots, a Tragedy”
“I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.”
“Aladdin' was probably my favorite Disney animation when I was a kid. The animation was great and Robin Williams was unbelievable as the Genie. 'Aladdin' was an amazing adventure and the lead character was a hero for guys, which I loved. It wasn't a princess or a girl beating the odds; it was a street rat. That seemed really cool to me.”

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