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Quote by John Donne

“Dull sublunary lovers love”

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John Donne was a renowned 17th-century English poet, known for his profound religious and philosophical reflections. His poetry style was unique, blending the elegance of the Renaissance with the passion of the Reformation. more

“I hated how sometimes life threw you a curveball—how you thought you were going to make some money selling a stolen tiger to make your dad proud, but then all the sudden there were drugs instead of money and then you were probably going to relapse mostly because you didn’t want to disappoint your best friend who had recently drawn a very funny cartoon about an octopus on your ass cheeks that would not come off your body no matter how hard you scrubbed.”

Failure Addiction Disappointment Powerlessness Absurdism Curveball

Book:Knockout

Source: Knockout

“If I could understand that every ‘reality’ was once a ‘wish’, and that it moved from the latter to the former because someone was committed enough to make it so, I’d be the person that I want verses the person I’ve become.”

Dream Reality Wish Vision Commitment Determination Disappointment Persistence Mediocrity Tenacity

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Reality disappoints regularly. When people are supposed to have fun, it’s likely they won’t, because fun can’t live up to its image. Does anything live up to its image?”

Reality Fun Expectations Disappointment

Book:Men and Apparitions

Source: Men and Apparitions

“When you say you are in pursuit of happiness, what you essentially mean is that you are expecting your environment to always act in ways that would elicit an emotion of happiness in your heart. It is exactly as absurd as it sounds.”

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Book:The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

Source: The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“She sat at the little table, her expression like that of a child digesting failed plans.”

Disappointment Disappointed Disappointments

Book:The Fortunate Only

Source: The Fortunate Only

“This was the best and worst thing about my wife: she felt sorry for me. When I put my work boots on the mantel or fell asleep on her side of the bed, she'd groan and clench her teeth. She'd kiss me, long and deep, a sigh of disappointment.”

Disappointment Pity

Book:Catapult

Source: Catapult

“What she was coming to realize, but what no woman was allowed to utter aloud, was that there was no guarantee your child would be adequate compensation for the life you gave up to have it. More and more, life looked an awful lot like a hoax perpetrated on women and designated to further men’s lives at the expense of their own.”

Children Dreams Sacrifice Parenting Disappointment Motherhood Goals Patriarchy Hopes

Book:The Sport of Kings

Source: The Sport of Kings

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