Bitter Liquid Quote by Thornton Wilder

“It is but for a moment, comparatively, that anything looks strange or startling -- a truth that has the bitter and the sweet in…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Style over substance.”

— Josh Lai

“...true style comes from innate cunning and mendacity. You can’t buy it.”

— Terry Pratchett

“There are two ways to taste things in life: the sweet way and the bitter way.”

— Rawi Hage

“Bitterness is poison, yes, but I hold a flask of it to my lips and drink.”

— Janet Benton

“Sometimes words are like water and lips as strong as wine.”

— Dave Guerrero

“Not an elegant wine or a mellow brandy but harsh spirits.”

— Robin Hobb

“[It was] a beauty that sours if it isn't nourished by some goodness within.”

— gregory david roberts

“...It is no less impossible for us not to taste as bitter the death of those whose life for us was such a source…

— Augustine of Hippo

“I am bitter sometimes but the taste has often been sweet.”

— Charles Bukowski

“Still immersed in his dream, he drank down the tepid tea. It tasted bitter. Glory, as anyone knows, is bitter stuff.”

— Yukio Mishima

“I cannot help suspecting that the more elegance, the less virtue in all times and countries.”

— John Adams