Embittered Quotes

35 quotes by 33 authors

So the city became the material expression of a particular loss of innocence â€“ not sexual or political innocence but somehow a shared dream of… — Thomas Pynchon
Did she ever feel nostalgia for any of her girlhood dreams? But life was made up of a succession of dreams, some few to be… — Mary Balogh
That is why embittered people find heroes and madmen a perennial source of fascination, for they have no fear of life or death. Both heroes… — Paulo Coelho
We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison. — J. B. Priestley
It seems that most of us could benefit from a brush with a near-fatal disaster to help us recognise the important things that we are… — Alain de Botton
I am a wicked man... But do you know, gentlemen, what was the main point about my wickedness? The whole thing, precisely was, the greatest… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
To harbor spiteful feelings against ordinary people for not being heroes is possible only for narrow-minded or embittered man. — Anton Chekhov
Behind all art is an element of desire...Love of life, of existence, love of another human being, love of human beings is in some way… — Adrienne Rich
To be honest, to be kind-to earn a little and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid souls. Do not become hard and embittered, even if… — Wilhelm Reich
I was in New York City on 9/11. Grief remains from that awful day, but not only grief. There is fear, too, a fear informed… — Teju Cole
A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive. — Bernie Siegel
We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands. — Henry Cabot Lodge
And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the… — James Earl Jones
Painless poverty is better than embittered wealth — Greek Proverb

Who Wrote These Embittered Quotes

33 authors contributed a total of 35 Embittered Quotes, led by these top contributors: