244 quotes found
“In jealousy there is more self-love than love.”
“Jealousy is an awkward homage which inferiority renders to merit.”
“O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.”
“Jealousy's eyes are green.”
“And yes, I’ll admit, I am jealous. I’m jealous of every minute you spend with him, of every concerned expression you send his way, of every tear shed, of every glance, every touch, and every though...”
“The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.”
“Men are jealous of every woman, even when they don’t have the slightest interest in her themselves.”
“A person shows signs of clutching on too fast, of being needy, of not hearing the word "no," of jealousy, of guarding you and your freedom. But the signs can be so small they skitter right past you...”
“He was jealous of her future, and she of his past.”
“It was lonely to be so perfect in all respects.”
“Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;But riches fineless is as poor as winterTo him that ever fears he shall be poor;–Good heaven, the souls of all my tribe defendFrom jealousy!”
“I know! WHY! – Am I so catty? – Cause I’m consumed with envy an’ eaten up with longing? –”
“His jealousy, like an octopus which throws out a first, then a second, and finally a third tentacle, fastened itself irremovably first to that moment, five o'clock in the afternoon, then to another...”
“Then must you speakOf one that loved not wisely but too well,Of one not easily jealous but, being wrought,Perplexed in the extreme; of one whose hand,Like the base Indian, threw a pearl awayRicher ...”
“... seeking to indicate to her by the extent of his gratitude the corresponding intensity of the pleasures which it was in her power to bestow on him, the supreme pleasure being to guarantee him im...”
“Then you shouldn’t be worried about him being with me. You can have him back when I’m done with him.”
“Nothing brings on jealousy like laughter.”
“I roll my eyes. "So when did I become so special? When they carted me off to the Capitol?""No, about six months before that. Right after New Year's. We were in the Hob, eating some slop of Greasy S...”
“Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.”
“Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it.”
