“The pressure on me is nothing compared to Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja, like Ram Gopal Verma, must always fail. The crowd always expects him to fail and it is too much pressure on him. And, he rarely disappoints them.” Too MuchFailingPressureCrowdsDisappointRams Author:Jacques Kallis
“If dysfunction means that a family doesn't work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get strained or even break down entirely. We fail each other or disappoint each other. That goes for parents, siblings, kids, marriage partners - the whole enchilada.” IfsMeanWholeHappensKidsParentBreakFailingPartnersBreaking DownArenaSiblingDisappointDysfunctionEnchiladas Author:Mary Karr
“People fail you, children disappoint you, thieves break in, moths corrupt, but an Order of the British Empire goes on for ever.” PeopleChildrenOrderBreakFailingGoes OnBritishEmpiresThievesDisappointBritish EmpireMoths Author:Fay Weldon
“I would also hope that readers receive a larger understanding, or a different understanding, of what it means to be human, than they might have had before. We suffer from being quick to judge, quick to make excuses for ourselves and others, and I would like the reader to feel that we are all, more or less, in a similar state as we love and disappoint one another, and that we try, most of us, as best we can, and that to fail and succeed is what we do.” FeelsTryingHumansMeanDifferentStatesMightSufferingUnderstandingFailingJudgingReaderSucceedExcuseDisappointWhat It Means To Be HumanQuick To Judge Author:Elizabeth Strout
“I think that's the nature of representation. No matter what it will disappoint, it will fail in some way.But that's also part of the magic of art. If every picture met my expectation in exactly the right way, there'd be no mystery; there'd be no gap between what's in my head and the picture I make.” IfsThinkingWayArtMatterFailingMagicMysteryMetsExpectationsNo Matter WhatGapsRepresentationRight WayDisappoint Author:Gregory Crewdson