Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

Upon the whole, therefore, she found what had been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did not, in taking place, bring all the satisfaction she had promised herself.

But Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy!

She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.

I was supposed to be having the time of my life.

So many times, I have a speech ready but no dice. Always a bridesmaid, never a mother.

Life sometimes doesn't work out exactly as we plan or hope for.

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.

I'm actually not a particularly negative person, but I feel like most things are better when they're not actualized. The motivation that comes from wanting something is so much more driving of people than actually getting it.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.

After you get what you want you don't want it.

I can only say that in life when you have the greatest expectations and you try to do things the right way, it doesn't always work out.

Sometimes you feel like it's cursed when something takes so long to come out and you don't know if it's going to really come out.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

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

Things don't always happen the way one wishes they would.

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.

Things don't always work out as you want them to.

Sometimes when you miss out on points, it is a pity, it is a shame, because we tried to do everything in the game.

There's no disillusionment like learning that forbidden fruit can be unpleasant.

In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!