Quotes about Disillusionment

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You are very harsh.''I have seen the world. — Voltaire, Candide
Nostalgia is an illness for those who haven't realized that todayis tomorrow's nostalgia. — Zeena Schreck
I would look up at the moon and see that it was not the smooth orb we had all believed, but a pitted and scarred world w — Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire
In order to understand why one chooses to be a Tantric practitioner, there has to be an understanding of cause and effec — Zeena Schreck
Life when one first arrives is a continual mortification as one's romantic illusions are successively shattered and the — Hector Berlioz, The Memoirs
The piercing fanfare of the brass against the brutal boom and rattle of the drums surged through the air. At the head of — Clark Zlotchew, Once Upon a Decade: Tales of the Fifties
Abundant living is realizing that life is a privilege whether it’s adhering to our scripts or not. — Craig D. Lounsbrough
I’ve drawn this as a circle because the seasons will come and go. Joy always leads to another season of romance . . . wh — Kurt Bubna
Most of us hoped to be able to trust. When we were little we did not yet know the human invention of the lie - not only — Erich Fromm, The Revolution of Hope: Toward a Humanized Technology
The world is a cruel place, Petrosinella, and it wounds the weak. — Kate Forsyth, Bitter Greens
Pandora's Box could not be unopened, no one could return to Eden. — Selena Kitt, Temptation
All writers are to some extent inventors, describing people as they would like to see them in life. — Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
Elisabeth had not had her future and her parents had not had theirs, there was nothing to this so-called future which wa — Ingeborg Bachmann, Simultan: Erzählungen
Something can only become an illusion after disillusionment. Before that, it is something real. — Lynda Barry, What It Is
Did Cinderella wonder whether her prince would have cared for her had he first seen her in her everyday clothes? Did she — Gita V. Reddy, Cinderella's Escape
I wrote when I did not know life;now that I know life, I have no more to say. — Oscar Wilde
It was a gift. What did I do with it? Life didn't accumulate as I'd once imagined. I graduated from boarding school, two — Emma Cline, The Girls
Words drop from my lips spiraling downward; they land scattered on your ears. I spoke them green and golden, but you tur — Patricia Robin Woodruff
Never shy away from opportunity and wholehearted living. Never be fearful of putting yourself out there. The courageous — Anthon St. Maarten
All my life I have been the sort of person in whom people confide. And all my life I have been flattered by this role - — Zoë Heller, What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]