Pascal Mercier Quotes

Disappointment Is Considered Bad. A Thoughtless Prejudice. How, If Not Through Disappointment, Should We Discover What We Have Expected And Hoped For? And Where, If Not In This Discovery, Should Self-knowledge Lie? So How Could One Gain Clarity About Oneself Without Disappointment?
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One Could Have The Hope That He Would Become More Real By Reducing Expectations, Shrink To A Hard, Reliable Core And Thus Be Immune To The Pain Of Disappointment. But How Would It Be To Lead A Life That Banished Every Long, Bold Expectation, A Life Where There Were Only Banal Expectations Like "the Bus Is Coming"?

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