“Often, people expect too much from the world, and in the end they are disappointed.”

“Passionate love produces distorted visions of actual people. Men who are too much in love expect such extraordinary happiness from marriage that they are frequently disappointed.”

André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer

“Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.”

Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher

“Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.”

Cinda Williams Chima (1952) Novelist

“If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you.”

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist

“To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.”

Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer

“People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.”

Jonathan Ames (1964) American novelist, memoirist

“As a general rule you shouldn't expect too much from people darling,' and then I kiss her on the cheek.”

Bret Easton Ellis book Glamorama

“When people expect that what they give will be commensurate with what they will get. They must remember one thing, that often life does not work that way. They must be prepared to be disappointed.”

Titon Rahmawan

“All too often men with physical courage are disappointing in their moral imagination.”

Norman Mailer (1923–2007) American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film maker, actor and political candidate