Bernhard Schlink Quotes

Though I know he loves me, tonight my heart is sad; his kiss was not so wonderful as all the dreams I had.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it's such a drag when you're livin' in the past

It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn't have something in the first place. I guess that's what disappointment is- a sense of loss for something you never had.

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.

I am a genius. Then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. I expected to be happy sometime. Now I know I shall never be.

I think that my regrets mostly have to do with my relationship with my ex-girlfriend. Every once in a while, you get those flashback memories of conversations you had with your exes, and you just, like, wince when you're walking down the street. Something occurs to you, 'Oh, no, I said that.'

I have crushed the cup of youth like a rose between my fingers but its nectar never warmed my weary heart.

How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.

I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.

I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.

Some pass their days as though suffering a deep sadness they cannot name. Others are unhappy because life didn't turn out the way they thought it would.

Some people will always be disappointed.

I competed at 'WrestleMania 33,' and I'm telling you, leading up to what should have been the biggest moment of my life, I couldn't find an ounce of joy.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

Woe is me! Bitter is me! For what is my life? Why didn't the ship go under and drown me before I came to America?

It feels like a punch. Tears fill my eyes, and I wonder how I could be upset over losing something I never had.

I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be.

I should have been happy: I wasn’t.

It was not despair, but it seemed to her as if life were passing by, leaving its promises broken and unfulfilled. Yet there were other days when she listened, was led on and deceived by fresh promises which her youth had held out to her.

But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy?

All that happens when your dreams come true is a slow, melting realization that it wasn't what you thought.

No sadness is greater than in misery to rehearse memories of joy.