Bitter Quotes

1231 Bitter quotes by 852 unique authors

Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and… — Rob Bell
Yesterday you asked me what the purpose of life is. I've thought about that ever since. I think it's to do good no matter what… — Janette Rallison
unfortunately, we're all out of bitter evange at the moment, so it's either tea or nothing — Cassandra Clare
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise — Oscar Wilde
I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it. — Kathryn Stockett
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister,… — Charles Dickens
In fact her maturity and blood kinship converted her passion to fever, so it was more affliction than affection. It literally knocked her down at… — Toni Morrison
Not all poisonous juices are burning or bitter nor is everything which is burning and bitter poisonous. — Claude Levi-Strauss
Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering… — Oscar Wilde
Was love then like a bag of assorted sweets passed around from which one might choose more than once? Some might sting the tongue, some… — Annie Proulx
But do you remember Gandalf’s words: Even Gollum may have something yet to do? But for him, Sam, I could not have destroyed the Ring.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
How sad it was, Carmen thought, that you acted awful when you were desperately sad and hurt and wanted to be loved. How tragic then,… — Ann Brashares
The world is wider in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more extravagant and bright. We are making hay when we should be making whoopee;… — Annie Dillard
But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,' said Frodo. Sam looked at him unhappily. 'It all depends on what you want,' put… — J.R.R. Tolkien
War happens to people, one by one. That is really all I have to say and it seems to me I have been saying it… — Martha Gellhorn
You, and those like you, take your fill of pleasure on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow;… — Thomas Hardy
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your… — Khalil Gibran
I don't know why I felt so closed and bitter and threatened by the things I did not like. — Peter Cameron
When I was at school my jography told me th' earth was shaped like a orange an' I found out before I was ten that… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear… — Louisa May Alcott
Tea should be as bitter as wormwod and as sharp as a two eged sword Kit Snicket (a series of unfortunate events) — Daniel Handler
The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you… — Abraham Verghese
He breathed out the bitter air that makes women doubt everything, and I breathed it in, as I had always done. I expelled my dust,… — Miranda July
[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures… — Aeschylus
You will never know the exquisite pain of the guy who goes home alone. Cause without the bitter, baby, the sweet ain't as sweet. — Cameron Crowe

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