154 Quotes About Disillusionment

Abundant living is realizing that life is a privilege whether it’s adhering to our scripts or not.

He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a virus of his disillusionment.

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.

Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.

Sometimes I’m tempted to deny things I haven’t seen with my own eyes. But I’m starting to realize that some people are endowed with the gift of exceptional sight—whether it be foresight, insight, vision, or experience. Some (like me) are privileged to behold the world’s wonder and beauty, while others are obliged to witness more than their fair share of ugliness.

She'd stood by that creed. No softness, because the world wasn't soft; lots of laughter, because if you were in on the joke, the joke couldn't be on you; And no wanting what you couldn't take, because the world never gave.Or so she'd thought.

All my dreams fell apart, so I did something else.

We dream, we wake on a cold hillside, we pursue the dream again. In the beginning was the dream, and the work of disenchantment never ends.

Nostalgia is an illness for those who haven't realized that todayis tomorrow's nostalgia.