This is why there were a number of surprises, and, from Rushdie's point of view, disappointments.
Hiding from yourself is easy as long as you point the finger of disappointment or betrayal at another.
Of course, we can all point to disappointments.
"I knew I had had the best and couldn't see the point of facing a series of disappointment".
From a human rights point of view, a key disappointment of the Ergenekon trial was that it did not represent progress toward holding public officials, military, police and civil servants accountable for their actions in a way that will resonate with the public across the political divide, and that it did not serve to promote a more democratic culture.
In practical terms, many people may see little difference between the EU-led mission and the UN-led one.Gerald Knaus, head of the European Stability Initiative, a think-tank based in Berlin, points to a third source of disappointment in Kosovo.
But perhaps this is Nolan's point: hers has been a life of disappointment.
Murray, meanwhile, will be desperate to the point of combustion for his sequence of disappointment against Djokovic to end – preferably on the grass of Wimbledon where he beat him in the final two years ago, or maybe in New York, where he also prevailed for his first slam victory, in 2012.
She added, at another point, "That disappointment will, of course, not go easily".Jacques Chirac, France's president, was no less clear where he stood.
