disillusions

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.

Wisdom and Destiny 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.

Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2004

I love to buy and read them, but harbor no disillusions as to the worth of my books. fernald

Food or Comics | Money, comics and the economy | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 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.

Khaled Hosseini - An interview with author 2010

 I wouldn't be there to hear your first small cries, your later, larger disillusions.

Fourteen Days In November 2010

Politically connected outsiders act as catalysts and innovators to turbocharge the process while not getting bogged down by repetition and past disillusions.

Magic and Mayhem Derek Leebaert 2010

Over time, this will probably change, as Beijing repeatedly disillusions those who hope for it to change.

Ian Fletcher: Much Needed Currency Reform Bill Is Only a Small First Step Towards Dealing with China 2010

Over time, this will probably change, as Beijing repeatedly disillusions those who hope for it to change.

Ian Fletcher: Much Needed Currency Reform Bill Is Only a Small First Step Towards Dealing with China 2010

As political strategy, corporate liberalism makes it appear that Democrats favor powerful corporate interests over the middle class and disillusions voters.

Miles Mogulescu: It's Wall Street Corporate Liberals Who Are Undermining Democrats' Election Prospects 2010

The more controversy it creates, the more it disillusions swing voters.

McCain: Obama Said It's Okay To Hit Him On Wright 2009