From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
Lucretius
To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.
Flannery O'Connor
There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or... →
Grant-Lee Phillips
I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the... →
Paula Radcliffe
Satire is focused bitterness.
Leo Rosten
Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.
Ira Sachs
The Americans invaded a country without understanding what eight years of a war with Iran had meant, how that traumatized Iraq. They didn't... →
Anthony Shadid
Bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it's not the person we're resenting - it's us.
Alana Stewart
Not too much, though there's a certain amount of rancour and bitterness when someone tries to fire you.
Donald Sutherland
Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.
Sara Teasdale