Luck, you see, brings bitter friends.

“But wanting and getting are hard neighbors and bitter friends.”

— Jane Yolen

Good luck is the gayest of all gay girls; Long in one place, she will not stay:

— John Milton Hay

I had a visit from an artist friend who basically said, "Your paintings are wonderful. Now stop." It did resonate with me. It hit…

— Caio Fonseca

Troy was a sweet, good man. We just were never destined to be married. We just didn't have the same values. But I'm not…

— Suzanne Pleshette

From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when…

— Solomon Ortiz

“Without the bitter, the sweet ain’t as sweet.”

— Anonymous

With every interview you feel like you lose a piece of yourself, and with every bad review you become just that little bit more…

— Jane March

Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds

— Anonymous

Tireless passion, fierce jealousy, longing to possess and crush-these alone were left of all his love for Rosalind; these remained to him as payment…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I doubt taking in a sullen, bitter, teenage girl with more issues than National Geographic is at the center of the vision board for…

— Katja Millay

Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.

— Stephen Colbert

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

— Kathleen Norris

Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and…

— Alexander the Great

You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the…

— Maya Angelou

The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For…

— Cormac McCarthy