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Dashed Hopes Quotes

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Mordecai Richler
“But I hate being a grandfather. It's indecent. In my mind's eye, I'm still twenty-five. Thirty-three max. Certainly not sixty-seven, reeking of decay and dashed hopes. My breath sour. My limbs in dire need of a lube job. And now that I've been blessed with a plastic hip-socket replacement, I'm no longer even biodegradable. Environmentalists will protest my burial.”
Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version

Michael Ben Zehabe
“Mother-Judah trampled on Jehovah’s offer when she betrayed her marital vows. Disappointment is inevitable, when your partner throws away all the beautiful possibilities. For the narcissist, however, they struggle to see life through anyone’s eyes but their own.”
Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family

Mukta Singh-Zocchi
“I have been thrown in this dark room. Shall I blame unruly fate or the haughtiness of the rich for plucking me from my place in the summit to be left to wither for the remaining days of my curtailed life?”
Mukta Singh-Zocchi, Game of Big Numbers