178 quotes found
“One always begins to forgive a place as soon as its left behind.”
“A cynical modification of letting go doesn't bring forgiveness, it's when, once you forgive, will you be able to let go.”
“Koschei the Deathless made a face as he tasted the wine. "It is far too sweet. Comrade Stalin fears bitterness and has the tastes of a spoiled princess. I savor bitterness--it is born of experience...”
“Kindness that turns to bitterness when it is not appreciated was never kindness at all.”
“Parables, yes. We here are to lead life with woe. Tasting bitter.the Tai Chi instructor”
“When had my sister's words become so barbed and poisoned? Grief had sharpened her tongue to a fine point.”
“I felt myself becoming angry too easily. I once saw a couple at a restaurant, and I could tell from their mannerisms that they were having some type of disagreement. I got mad at the guy and wanted...”
“What is love for, if not to intensify our affectionsboth in life and death? But, O, do not be bitter. It is tragically self-destructiveto be bitter.”
“Was I bitter? Absolutely. Hurt? You bet your sweet ass I was hurt. Who doesn't feel a part of their heart break at rejection. You ask yourself every question you can think of, what, why, how come, ...”
“Never did anybody look so sad. Bitter and black, halfway down, in the darkness, in the shaft which ran from the sunlight to the depths, perhaps a tear formed; a tear fell; the waves swayed this way...”
“Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed for myself,' said Denethor. 'Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse lay in the dregs?”
“Sing of disappointments more repeated than the batter of the sea, of lives embittered by resentments so ubiquitous the oceans salt seems thinly shaken, of letdowns local as the sofa where I copped ...”
“Regret comes in four tones that operate in unison to shape our lives. First, we regret the life that we lived, the decisions we made, the words we said in anger, and enduring the shame wrought from...”
“I'm pretty lost in becoming all this frost. Bitter, like Winter. Strung-out like a string of pearls.”
“I believe you did not have a happy life.I believe you were cheated.I believe your best friends were loneliness and misery.I believe your busiest enemies were anger and depression.I believe joy was ...”
“Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man's heart than to behold the love of a lady so fair and brave that cannot be returned.”
“Bitterness is a broken spirit.”
“The bacteria of resentment bred: distance turned to distrust; distrust turned to bitterness; bitterness to hate, which is, after all, a kind of grievous love”
“It is unbelievable the amount of hate the human body can sustain before it begins to break.”
“Sometimes, for revenge to be as sweet and painful as it is intended, some time has to pass. Time enough that people have forgotten about past hurts and humiliations. Time enough to make the poison ...”
