“Bittersweet? No, just bitter, the taste of your tongue. Words you can’t have back, so they linger.” — Coco J. Ginger Copy Share Image
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“But for fear of disheartening them, we also spoke to them of disappointments and the bitter taste that rest has after a… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“It wore my patience, the current trend in capturing everything and splashing it all over to gain popularity. It left a bitter… — Rebecca Bradley Copy Share Image
There is love in your body but you can't get it out, it gets stuck in your head, won't come out of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“No one seems to have thought of the fact that life is absurd, being a brilliant success has no greater value than… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“I am like a little child naked in a strong wind. I have a fever, I shiver, I'm too hot or too… — Rachilde Copy Share Image
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“The century's greatest detective, advertised as solving every case imaginable. How great his burden must be, how much pain must he go… — NisiOisiN Copy Share Image
“Illusions fall away one after another like the husks of a fruit, and that fruit is experience. It is bitter to the… — Gérard de Nerval Copy Share Image
It is possible to work across the aisle in Washington, but it's hard. And I think it's been made worse by the… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
“An irregular birthmark stood out on the crest of her hip, like a splash of wine on snow. He touched a finger… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“You go first," Four says. Eric shrug. "Edward." Four leans against the door frame and nods. The moonlight makes his eyes bright.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“All this blackness was within him, but that was where it really mattered. It was night without moon or stars, it was… — Susan Dexter Copy Share Image
What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
“When I was young” … “Before I was twenty, I mean, I used to think that life was a thing that kept… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
“Among the many benefits of “limestone water” was the fact that it came out of the ground at about 50 degrees Fahrenheit,… — Amy Stewart Copy Share Image
“I took a walk on the cool sand dunes, brittle grass overgrown, and above me, in the night sky, above me, I… — Joseph Fink Copy Share Image
“Because being a fan is not all about the good times when victory makes life better. Dealing with defeat helps mold you… — Mark Tye Turner Copy Share Image
“Meanwhile, blacks observed how German prisoners housed at Camp Gordon were getting paid to work the grounds of the Augusta National Golf… — RJ Smith Copy Share Image
“There is an old Greek saying that men are tormented not by things themselves but by what they think about them. If… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Coffee is a lot like people. In many ways, it’s deceiving. The sweetness that you smell as it brews is more often… — Katana Collins Copy Share Image
“Just as she was about to turn, she caught a whiff of something sweet. She inhaled deeply, instinctively wanting to savor it,… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“You don't need fear to make a decision for you. Let your heart make the decision. It's because you have love in… — Jason Micheal Ratliff Copy Share Image
“Before Parting A MONTH or twain to live on honeycomb Is pleasant; but one tires of scented time, Cold sweet recurrence of… — Algernon Charles Swinburne Copy Share Image
“He slowed to a walk. As he approached her he was surprised at just how pretty she was. She looked a little… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“Got something to prove?” asks Eric, with his trademark smirk. “Or are you just picking the weak ones so that if you… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Before I was twenty, I mean, I used to think that life was a thing that kept gaining impetus. It would get… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
“Thus engaged, with her right elbow supported by her left hand, Madame Defarge said nothing when her lord came in, but coughed… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Though plucking artichoke leaves doesn't mend all cracked spirits as firmly as pea shelling, it has its own curative power. There is… — Tamar Adler Copy Share Image
“A man cannot un-see the truth. He cannot willingly return to darkness or go blind once he has the gift of sight,… — Justin Haythe Copy Share Image
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