In love as in life, expectation avails us but little; through loving we learn to love; and it is the so-called disillusions of pettier love that will, the most simply and faithfully, feed the immovable flame of the mightier love that shall come, it may be, to illumine the rest of our life. ❋ Maurice Maeterlinck (1905)
I had earlier mentioned selling a reprint to an SF anthology, which I can now talk about since I've heard back from my collaborator (didn't want to announce it until he'd had a chance to approve): it's a story I co-wrote with Mike Resnick a few years ago, titled "disillusions" which will be reprinted in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF SORCERERS 'TALES (I think that's the working title) by Constable Robinson in the UK and Carroll & Graf in the US. ❋ Desayunoencama (2004)
I love to buy and read them, but harbor no disillusions as to the worth of my books. fernald ❋ Unknown (2009)
What intrigued me about this new book were the hopes and dreams and disillusions of these two women, their inner lives, the specific circumstances that bring them together, their resolve to survive, and the fact that their relationship evolves into something meaningful and powerful, even as the world around them unravels and slips into chaos. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I wouldn't be there to hear your first small cries, your later, larger disillusions. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Politically connected outsiders act as catalysts and innovators to turbocharge the process while not getting bogged down by repetition and past disillusions. ❋ Derek Leebaert (2010)
Over time, this will probably change, as Beijing repeatedly disillusions those who hope for it to change. ❋ Unknown (2010)
As political strategy, corporate liberalism makes it appear that Democrats favor powerful corporate interests over the middle class and disillusions voters. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The more controversy it creates, the more it disillusions swing voters. ❋ Unknown (2009)
When the public's disillusions about Iraq finally began to reach critical mass, the Bush administration made a few token statements about the difficulties, and even pretended to reach out to experienced statesmen. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Our children are growing up; we've chased our dreams and dealt with our disillusions and tried to think what to do next -- or maybe, more prosaically, how to best survive this third phase of life we're facing. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In other words, it's easy to talk about how deep a hole we've been dug in, it's easy to carp our optimism when times seem like we should be down and dejected, but in truth, it's the pervasive negativity of the media that disillusions our peer group — stifling political participation. ❋ Unknown (2008)
I am so disillusions to think these candidates are lying. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"The history of muscular dystrophy has been a continuous series of hopes and disillusions for patients," says Cossu. ❋ Unknown (2007)
If you are like me, I tend to remember well what disillusions me for a very long time, but rather quickly try to dismiss my own part in the disillusionment of others. ❋ Unknown (2007)
We both are disillusions with politics, but what we have discovered is that we have much more in common than not. ❋ William Harryman (2007)
And, you know, frankly, becoming disillusions with the Republican Party because of out of control spending. ❋ Unknown (2007)
I wish to live in such close union with a woman that our affection shall not depend upon a yes or a no, or be open to the disillusions of love. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Happily, the editors of HNR who all seem to be part-time volunteers seat themselves happily in the midst of genre fiction, having no disillusions about being literature rather than primarily story-telling. ❋ Adamosf (2006)
I have become disillusioned with life.
[The government] [feeds] us [lies] but I have now become disillusioned to them. ❋ Lesley Patterson (2007)
Bombs full of wisdom that fall from the sky of reason and [objectivity] that cause those who are caught within [the blast] radius to be temporarily disappointed by [the fallout] of disillusion. ❋ Earmagnet (2016)
Jake: "Wanna hang out today?"
[Karly]: "[No, you don't] even exist."
Jake: "What?"
Karly: "Sorry, I'm just terribly [disillusioned]." ❋ Hez La (2009)
Captain Disillusion has a YouTube channel where he [presents] many [viral] videos with [debunking] evidence. ❋ The Red October (2009)
Paul: Oh! I'm so hungry! Where's [my chicken]?
(Waiter brings food to the table)
Paul: What IS that!? I thought it was going to be stir-fried chicken but it's actually chicken tendons and [cartilage]!
Nat: Oh Paul, that is food disillusion right there. Do you want some of [my fries]? ❋ Flitta (2011)
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[Disillusioned mirror] is a great blog to follow for fantastic posts on [Tumblr]. ❋ Wishi101 (2014)
