#lousy

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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You're just jealous." "Hardly. Been there, done you. Adequate, but unremarkable. ↗

— Jennifer Estep

#sex #snarky-remarks #jealousy

You can't be yourself within jealousy. ↗

— Toba Beta

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Kishan shook his head. 'I'm not going to let you hurt her.' 'Hurt her? I'm not going to harm her. You, on the other hand, I'm going to destroy. ↗

— Colleen Houck

#kishan #ren #jealousy

Meghan rose with the regal grace of a queen, calm and unruffled. I noticed she subtly moved in front of me when facing Ariella, a familiar gesture that caught me off guard. The Iron Queen was protecting me. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#ash #jealousy #meghan #protection #jealousy

For a second I was almost jealous of the clouds. Why was he looking to them for an escape when I was right here beside him? ↗

— Kamila Shamsie

#escape #jealousy #jealousy

With his current mood, Elizabeth realized, she was going to have to make her own opening. Lifting her eyes to his enigmatic golden ones, she said quietly, “Ian, have you ever wanted something very badly-something that was within your grasp-and yet you were afraid to reach out for it?” Surprised by her grave question and her use of his name, Ian tried to ignore the jealousy that had been eating at him all night. “No,” he said, scrupulously keeping the curtness from his voice as he gazed down at her alluring face. “Why do you ask? Is there something you want?” Her gaze fell from his, and she nodded at his frilled white shirtfront. “What is it you want?” “You. ↗

— Judith McNaught

#elizabeth #ian #love #jealousy

Flailing and thrashing, Buttercup wept and tossed and paced and wept some more, and there have been three great cases of jealousy since David of Galilee was first afflicted with the emotion when he could no longer stand the fact that his neighbor Saul's cactus outshone his own. (Originally, jealousy pertained solely to plants, other people's cactus or ginkgoes, or, later, when there was grass, grass, which is why, even to this day, we say that someone is green with jealousy.) Buttercup's case rated a close fourth on the all-time list. It was a very long and very green night. ↗

— William Goldman

#jealousy

Jealousy is love in competition. ↗

— Toba Beta

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Fear can make you do more wrong than hate or jealousy... fear makes you always, always hold something back. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

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