Desillusionment Quotes

“‪She hasn't lost anything she loved enough to hate the idea of God‬.”
― Hester Young, The Gates of Evangeline

“For I had no illusions left now, I no longer made any effort to pretend. Last night had shown me too well. My marriage was a failure. All the things that people would say about it if they knew, were true. We did not get on. We were not companions. We were not suited to one another. I was too young for Maxim, too inexperienced, and, more important still, I was not of his world. The fact that I loved him in a sick, hurt, desperate way, like a child or a dog, did not matter. It was not the sort of love he needed. He wanted something else that I could not give him, something he had had before. I thought of the youthful almost hysterical excitement and conceit with which I had gone into this marriage, imagining I would bring happiness before. Even Mrs van Hopper, with her cheap views and common outlook, had known I was making a mistake. 'I'm afraid you will regret it', she said. 'I believe you are making a big mistake'.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

“I looked at the splendid drawings and paintings Rembrandt created in the midst of all his setbacks, disillusionment and grief. One must have died many deaths and cried many tears to have painted a portrait of God in such humility.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming