#bitter

Four girls about Mira's age were standing out on the deck on the upper level of the ferry. They were wearing hoodies, sweatpants and jeans. One of the girls was staring at the screen on her phone. She was talking. He called, but then said he wasn't going to come out or whatever. They sipped out of Starbucks cups and bottles of water. The wind was in their hair and the sun was in their eyes. Because they were alive I wished they were dead. ↗

— Mark Gluth

#children #death #age

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything. ↗

— Anatole France

#charming #delicious #everything #frightful #horrible

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country. ↗

— Greta Garbo

#bitter #country #disappearing #think #years

Most jokes state a bitter truth. ↗

— Larry Gelbart

#bitter truth #jokes #most #state #truth

It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination. ↗