Quotes About Sourness

One drop of the sweetness of heaven is enough to take away all the sourness and bitterness of all the afflictions in the world.

To say she was bitter fell a wee bit short, like calling sulfuric acid tangy.

Speak not so sourly,' answered Robin. 'Did you eat thorns and vinegar for breakfast today?

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.

But she also saw that the Boyds were people whose love came with added sourness—and maybe, as a result, their son had developed the capacity for unspeakable sadness, and who could blame him? Dennis and Jules had both come from families that hadn't really felt good. This they'd shared, and when they'd come together it was to make a home that did feel good, and even sometimes to say: Fuck you, disappointing families.