#bitter

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune." ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#bear #bitter #fortune #future #good

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#bitter #find #flatters #greedily #lie

Okay, how's this? I’ve been to Heaven and Hell. I’ve seen the whole world, but the only thing that makes me want to live is this: being inside you. I love you so much. You’re all I see. ↗

— Debra Anastasia

#bittersweet-seraphim #crushed-seraphim #debra-anastasia #devil #jack

A disrespectful young woman," she said. "Something I was called more than once. Something every woman of quality is called sooner or later, by a man who feels they do not know their place. As we do not, because our place is as lofty as we may aspire to climb. It is the language of men who fear women. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#men

It wasn't supposed to. It was just supposed to stop you from hurting yourself.” “It helps—” “No it doesn't. It just pushes it away temporarily. Just like the booze.” “But I need—” “You need to let yourself feel. Feel it, own it. Then move on.” “You make it sound so easy.” Bitterness drips from each syllable. “It’s not. It’s the fucking hardest thing a person can do.” I smooth a damp strand out of her face and away from my mouth. “It’s the hardest fucking thing. It’s why we drink and do drugs and fight. It’s why I play music and build engines. ↗

— Jasinda Wilder

#colton #cope #coping #cutting #drinking

Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive. ↗

— Joanne Harris

#bittersweet #chocolate #happiness #heart #simplicity

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#conscience #fault #how #little #sting

I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#bitter #choice #i #i think #man

Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#bitter #contract #fortunately #found #get

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. ↗

— Jan Peter Balkenende

#bitter #fundamental #great #how #mission