Quotes About Bitterness

As Melissa got closer, the taste of school began to foul her mouth.

He'd passed the longest night of his life locked in mortal combat with his ghosts, calling up and then disavowing twenty years of memories. He would banish that bitch from his heart if it meant cutting her out with his own dagger. And when at last he allowed himself to grieve, he did so silently and unwillingly, his tears hidden by the darkness, his rage congealing into a core of ice.

Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.

Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive. —C. S. LEWIS, MERE CHRISTIANITY

Back home the election was over; the country had a new president: 'Mr Roosevelt' he was called at first, then 'Roosevelt,' then 'that Roosevelt,' and finally just 'he' or 'him' by mouths that twisted bitterly on the pronoun, for the westering boats were crowded with expatriates—"A traitor to his class," they said.

old vengeance is like old cake: still seeming sweet, but so dry that one invariably chokes on it.

You worthless sonofabitch. You should never have been anything more than a cum stain! (Stryker)

I'm giving you that chance now. (Stryker) It's too late. Too many centuries have passed. There was a time when I lived only to hear a kind word from your lips. But that ship sank under an assault of bitterness that no amount of charm or guile will recover. (Zephyra)

You don't even know me. (Adron) Yes, I do. You try to hide what you are, but I see it. It shines through your bitterness with a brightness not even you can extinguish. (Livia)

He looked as though his life had not only passed him by but paused along the way to spit in his face.

I'd say it was nice knowing you, but as you've effectively ruined my life, it almost certainly hasn't been.

That's why; he's worried about how his life is turning out, and he's lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all

Why go through life feeling cheated? It does nothing but make you bitter.

He dipped his finger in it and tasted. "Bitter," he said. "That's a good sign," Jesper said knowingly. They all looked at him. "Medicine is supposed to taste bad," he explained. "The worse it tastes, the better it is for you. Everyone knows that.

you want the sweetness of our beginning without the bitterness of our struggle - what are you asking - do you want light without shadow? ...

I lost my illusions in a black rain of bitterness - now what do you see in my eyes? How can you still love me? How can I be tender? ...

Toxic words corrupt and defile the mind. There are words of suspicion, words of bitterness, and words of death.

Longevity can be a form of spite. I am an old man myself now, and I recognise the symptoms.

He looked as if he he subsisted exclusively on carbohydrates and ill feeling.

She is venomous like this because she hurts.

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody. —QUENTIN CRISP

It was almost a clea hate, for a moment, untainted by her own failures.

Scripture was comforting, in direct proportion to its bitterness upon the tongue.

Goddamn it, I am sick of watching people I like get killed. I like get killed. I am even sicker of getting people I like killed. It's not an acquired taste, let me tell you, every drink is bitter as the last. And they never get easier to swallow.