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| c86c31b | It is hope--with regard to our careers, our love lives, our children, our politicians, and our planet--that is primarily to blame for angering and embittering us. The incompatibility between the grandeur of our aspirations and the mean reality of our condition generates the violent disappointments which rack our days and etch themselves in lines of acrimony across our faces. | aspirations bitterness disappointments hope life reality | alain de botton | |
| 235d371 | Allow God to use the difficulties and disappointments in life as polish to transform your faith into a glistening diamond that takes in and reflects His love. | daily diamond difficult disappointments faith god life love polish reflective transform walk women | Elizabeth George | |
| 20e87cc | The consequences of an act are often quite different from what one would guess. You must be sure that the intention in your heart is large enough to contain all wrong turnings, all disappointments | disappointments wrong-turnings | Cormac McCarthy |