#bitter

Just give me a bit, let me pretend you're still alive," Andrei said hoarsely. "Let me pretend that I don't have to give you up." "Andrei," Warm, calloused hands cupped Anrei's face. "Look at me. I'm real. I'm still with you. A part of me will always be with you. Even after I go through that doorway. ↗

— Marguerite Labbe

#m-m-paranormal #romantic #romantic

For a group of people who claimed to be concerned for her safety,they did seem to have developed rather a habit of encouraging uprisings against monarchs ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#kristin-cashore #development

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

— Joanne Harris

#bittersweet #chocolate #happiness #heart #simplicity

There was no Jace Wayland more real than the one he saw in her eyes when she looked at him. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #jace-wayland

The Queen gave him a look: special and secretive and shared between the two of them.You warned her about us, the look seemed to say.That we would hurt her, break her as you might break a twig between your fingers. But you, who thought you could not be touched — you are the one who has been broken. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #seelie-queen #jace-wayland

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

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#children #labours #make #misfortunes #more

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

I don't want to clip on the armour every morning. I've seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled and bitter. I just refuse to do that. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but I'm not going to change that one bit. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#armour #bit #bitter #change #clip

To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#die #having #idea #lived #unbearable