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Great Expectations... you know what they say.

10d 8h ago by piefed.social/u/JohnnyEnzyme in quotes@quokk.au from media.piefed.social

"Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments." (Often credited to author and speaker John C. Maxwell or writer Neil Strauss).

This is way better. The ops quote sounds like a line from the movie "Reality Bites"

"Desire is the root of all suffering"

-Siddhartha Gautama

Yah, it gave me strong vibes of how Buddhism classically treats attachment & desire. No doubt a big part of why this one stood out for me.