„My faculty for disappointment surpasses understanding. It is what lets me comprehend Buddha, but also what keeps me from following him.“

— Emil M. Cioran

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„A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?“
— Terry Pratchett
„It constantly remains a source of disappointment to me that my drawings are not yet what I want them to be. The difficulties are indeed numerous and great, and cannot be overcome at once.“
— Vincent Van Gogh
„Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.“
— Jodi Picoult
„Reason, sometimes, seems to me to be the faculty our soul possesses of understanding nothing about our body!“
— Paul Valéry