Quotes About Jealousy

The fact that he did not experience John's success was the reason he did not suffer his downfall.

we would see that their wishes and hopes are almost invariably at someone else's expense.

Think of my kind old nurse you once were jealous of . . .

La haine est une liqueur précieuse, un poison plus cher que celui des Borgia, car il est fait avec notre sang, notre santé, notre sommeil et les deux tiers de notre amour! Il faut en être avare!

it was like any other relationship, there was jealousy on both sides, there were split-ups and reconciliations. there were also fragmented moments of great peace and beauty. I often tried to get away from her and she tied to get away from me but it was difficult: Cupid, in his strange way, was really there.

As a recluse I couldn't bear traffic. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings. People diminished me, they sucked me dry.

Her violence frightened me. She always claimed that I was the jealous one, and I was often jealous, but when I saw things working against me I simply became disgusted and withdrew. Lydia was different. She reacted. She was the Head Cheerleader at the Game of Violence.

I kept telling myself that all the women in the world weren´t whores, just mine.

The worst thing for a writer is to know another writer, and worse than that, to know a number of other writers. Like flies on the same turd.

I disliked them all immediately, sitting around acting clever and superior. They nullified each other. The worst thing for a writer is to know another writer, and worse than that, to know a number of writers. Like flies on the same turd.

I hated them because they had something I had not yet had, and I said to myself, I said to myself again, someday I will be as happy as any of you, you will see.

I suppose that at last like the average man: I've known too many women and instead of thinking, I wonder who's fucking her now? I think she's giving some other poor son of a bitch much trouble right now.

They had been afraid of the man with the beautifil eyes. And we were afraid then that all troughout our lives things like that would happen, that nobody wanted anybody to be strong and beautiful like that, that others will never allow it, and that many people will have to die.

Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.

He was one of those who looked like a genius. I looked like a dishwasher so these types always pissed me just a bit.

he was rather a handsome guy and I guess he was jealous because I was so ugly.

Kad se žena jednom okrene protiv tebe pusti sve u materinu... Ona te još možda i voli, ali se u njima nešto preokrene. A onda kad se preokrene, mogu te gledati kako crkavaš u jarku, pa još te pregaziti autom i na tebe pljunuti.

Eugene wins again because he's not even thinking about me.

but the worst part is (like jumping off the garage roof) Eugene wins again because he's not even thinking about me.

Envy has empty hands and wants them full. Jealousy has full hands and never wants them empty. Envy languishes in self-pity because it doesn't have what others have. Jealousy rants in paranoia because it fears losing what it feels unworthy to own.

Sara: You have no scruples about taking a woman from the man you believe she loves? Nick: I'd take you from my own brother. I don't give a damn how I get you, so long as I do.

Who's the latest woman in your life, Ashley?' she retorted to avoid the question in his eyes. He shrugged. 'At present, no one.' She laughed. 'Do you expect me to believe that?' 'Why should I lie?'His tone was casual. 'You wouldn't give a damn if I had a whole harem, would you?' 'I'd be sorry for them,' she said. As if her reply stung him, he turned away. -Ashley & Selina

Creativity isn't the only way we strive to matter and gain power, but it's the most functional, sensible way. It doesn't require greed or jealousy, envy or outright violence, all of which can be highly effective, if immensely damaging, methods for gaining power. But these don't reveal a fit brain. Creativity does. It is the most impressive way to earn the attention of others. And thankfully, over the long haul, it works;

There's a lot of people out there who are just miserable in their own lives, I guess, and just trying to make other people miserable as well to bring themselves up. There's no shortage of that, that's for sure.