“How many disappointments are conducive to bitterness? One or a thousand, depending on the subject.”

“A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.”

“Many have cried a thousand nights of bitter anguish without tears. And the tormented betrayal soars at twilight.”

“marriage is when a man stops disappointing many women and focuses on disappointing one!”

“How does it feel to be seven thousand years old?"
"That depends."
"On what?"
"On how I want to feel.”

“We may avoid much disappointment and bitterness of soul by learning to understand how little necessary to our joy and peace are the things the multitude most desire and seek.”

“How many details had to point in the same direction before one decided they pointed true? Depends on how costly it is to be mistaken, maybe?”

“Sweetness of life depends to its bitterness.”

“Living in your dreams meant bitter disappointment when you woke up.”

“I mean you have been disappointed in love, but don't you know how many things there are to be disappointed in besides love? You are lucky to be still disappointed in love. Later it may be even more terrible.”