Bittersweet Quotes

83 Bittersweet quotes by 75 unique authors

I feel extremely lucky, extremely grateful, and a little bittersweet, too. — Wentworth Miller
It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart. — Yakov Smirnoff
It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet… — Will Smith
Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is… — Tom Robbins
Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when… — Sarah Vowell
Pure good soon grows insipid, wants variety and spirit. Pain is a bittersweet, which never surfeits. Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or… — William Hazlitt
There's a strange sensation - you recall it from childhood - about sleeping in the afternoon. You rise into a different world from the one… — Jacquelyn Mitchard
Here and there one sees the blush of wild rose haws or the warmth of orange fruit on the bittersweet, and back in the woods… — Hal Borland
Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive. — Joanne Harris
The modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top — Sarah Vowell
It tore my heart out, because I heard his voice. The wolves sang slowly behind him, bittersweet harmony, but all I heard was Sam. His… — Maggie Stiefvater
I envy the music lovers hear. I see them walking hand in hand, standing close to each other in a queue at a theater or… — Charles de Lint
The golden years become lower-middle-class life revisited. That's a bittersweet ending. — Tim Ferriss
One of the things that we were trying to do with this show was the complexities of relationships and love. There is both passion and… — Tim Burton
Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet. — Ellen Hopkins
That she was irreplaceable became a bittersweet loyalty: Her death was what I had now instead of her. — Gail Caldwell
I'm thinking of how unexpected and yet oddly preordained life can be. Events are upon you in an instant, unforseen and without warning, and often… — Rob Lowe
To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope. — Anne Carson
There are no words for how much I will miss her, but I try to kiss her so that she'll know. I try to kiss… — Holly Black
Throw in the intensity of emotions that come with that bittersweet summer sandwiched between high school graduation and the rest of your life... — Emily Giffin
This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world. — Justin Cronin
Let me tell you what I do know: I am more than one thing, and not all of those things are good. The truth is… — Richard Siken
And the flavor of Pippa's kiss--bittersweet and strange--stayed with me all the way back uptown, swaying and sleepy as I sailed home on the bus,… — Donna Tartt
I prefer to regard a dessert as I would imagine the perfect woman: subtle, a little bittersweet, not blowsy and extrovert. Delicately made up, not… — Graham Kerr
~One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have. I thought it would be a blissful romance with me at the helm,… — Amanda Peet

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