Bitterness Quotes

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What do you know about life? " Bitterness ached in her throat. " You were born with everything. You never had to struggle for a… — Nora Roberts
People carry their secrets in hidden places, not on their faces. They carry suffering on their faces. Also bitterness if thereâ€™s room. — Steve Toltz
Although it may not seem like it, this isnâ€™t a story about darkness. Itâ€™s about light. Kahlil Gibran says Your joy can fill you only… — Karen Marie Moning
I believe in humanity - not just you or Mother, but all mankind. Do I sound like a preacher or a cheap politician making a… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
From the tower battlements, Dustfinger looked down on a lake as black as night, where the reflection of the castle swam in a sea of… — Cornelia Funke
Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. And how selfish they make us too. — Graham Greene
Poor Oscar. Without even realizing it he'd fallen into one of those Let's Be Friends Vortexes, the bane of nerdboys everywhere. These relationships were love's… — Junot Diaz
I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere. — Andy Rooney
Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. — William Shakespeare
A nervous breakdown waits around the corner for anyone who lets himself wallow in bitterness. Little by little, it takes over your whole being. — Mariama BÃ¢
Beneath this mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom. I am one of those whom suffering has made empty and frivilous: each… — Cyril Connolly
Maybe some things are better left broken and scattered Veiled in darkness, secret bitterness and self-doubt I should have known better Than to start something… — Henry Rollins
Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend. — Charles Spurgeon
Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting… — Anthony de Mello
[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
Egypt.mother of civilization, dreaming herself through the centuries. Dreaming us all, her children: those who stay and work for her and complain of her, and… — Ahdaf Soueif
Iâ€™m giving you that chance now. (Stryker) Itâ€™s too late. Too many centuries have passed. There was a time when I lived only to hear… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived. — M. Scott Peck
Ah, how many Marahs have been sweetened by a simple, satisfying glimpse of the Tree and the Love which underwent its worst confict there. Yes,… — Jim Elliot
I donâ€™t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive… — Oscar Wilde

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