“Most things disappoint till you look deeper.”

“We'd forgive most things if we knew the facts.”

“What have we all got to expect that we allow ourselves to be so lined with disappointment?”

“The pouches under his eyes were like purses that contained the smuggled memories of a disappointing life.”

“Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. And how selfish they make us too.”

“Oh, it's not done,' I said, 'but neither is adultery or theft or running away from the enemy's fire. The not done things are done every day, Henry. It's part of modern life. I've done most of them myself.”

“What happens if you drop all the things that make you I?”