“Most things disappoint till you look deeper.”

“See mirror, every time you will miss me and look deeper into your eyes till you will find me.”

“It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.”

“If you just stop expecting perfection from everyone and everything, you might see the good stuff outweighs the bad. And then someday you'll look in the mirror and see the same thing. Because the person you're most disappointed in is yourself.”

“Little failures add up... till disappointed, they give up. Somewhere in their heart, they know they've lost. Just. Like. You.”

“...“Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne. “You mayn’t get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs. Lynde says, ‘Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.’ But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.”...”