Mark Twain Quotes

When you've been living in hope for a long time as I have, suddenly you realize that certainty is far more desirable than hope.

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.

I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Sometimes, things you wish had happened don't, or there are things you wish you'd been able to do but can't.

I always had a sort of niggling regret that we didn't come do stuff in America.

Sightseeing is the art of disappointment.

It just wasn't the fairy tale I had hoped for.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.

Expectation is the mother of all frustration.

My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one.

My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.

I don't want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real!

Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.

I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.

I had a beautiful childhood, so my adulthood has been really frustrating because it's - half the time it hasn't been as good as my childhood.

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.