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Quotes about Disillusionment

You know I do know how he feels. He can't believe it didn't mean anything.
— Ernest Hemingway
It was not her fault that when he went to her he was already over. How could a woman know that you meant nothing that you said: that you spoke only from habit and to be comfortable
— Ernest Hemingway
Belmonte was no longer well enough. He no longer had his greatest moments in the bull-ring. He was not sure that there were any great moments. Things were not the same and now life only came in flashes.
— Ernest Hemingway
We can have everything. No, we can't. We can have the whole world. No, we can't. We can go everywhere. No, we can't. It isn't ours any more. Its ours. No, it isn't.
— Ernest Hemingway
No holiday is ever anything but a disappointment.
— Aldous Huxley
The right to the pursuit of happiness is nothing else than the right to disillusionment phrased in another way.
— Aldous Huxley
Did you eat something that didn't agree with you?" asked Bernard. The Savage nodded. "I ate civilization." "What?" "It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added, in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness.
— Aldous Huxley
I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.
— Jimmy Carter
We have lived long enough to experience the hollowness of earth and the rottenness of all carnal promises.
— Charles Spurgeon
O cruel Truth, is this thine home-coming?
— Euripides
Well, I've had a very bad time, Nick, and I'm pretty cynical about everything.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
Fear and disillusionment. Courage and commitment. Intense emotion and unbridled passion. The ultimate risk of life in exchange for undeserved grace and a treasured spot in eternity.
— Lisa Harper