{"quotes":[{"text":"Until you let go of that bitterness in your heart, it will find a comfortable place to destroy your dreams, your sight and most times, your sleep.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["anger","angry","big-dreams","bitter","bitterness","comfortable","dream-big","dreams","food-for-thought","hate","haters","hatred","heart","israelmore-ayivor","leaders","leadership","love","lover","loving","martin-luther","martin-luther-king","martin-luther-king-jr","sight","sleep"],"id":960,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"There is no greater beast than envy, no greater thief than fear, no greater enemy than greed, no greater predator than wrath, and no greater poison than bitterness.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["anger","bitterness","envy","fear","greed","life-lesson","life-lessons","life-lessons","life","matshona-dhliwayo"],"id":1877,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Bitterness and sweetness, are both fruits of egoism. Doing egosim of good deeds brings sweetness. Doing egosim of bad deeds brings bitterness.","author":"Dada Bhagwan","tags":["bitterness","egoism","spiritual","spiritual","sweetness"],"id":7076,"author_id":"Dada+Bhagwan"},{"text":"Oh, [god] can hear you just fine. He hears everything. Every scream. Every cry. Every whimper. Every plea for mercy. For death. He hears. He just doesn't give a fuck.","author":"Jason Aaron","tags":["bitterness","cain","crying","godliness","hearing","jason-aaron","plea-for-mercy","scream","the-bible","the-goddamned"],"id":7980,"author_id":"Jason+Aaron"},{"text":"I envied these women I saw before me, their beauty still intact. Life has its revenge of life. Untimely death is the secret of eternal youth.","author":"Shan Sa","tags":["bitterness","eternal-youth","immortality"],"id":11812,"author_id":"Shan+Sa"},{"text":"Never be bitter, become better. A testimony is pain that has been reassigned.","author":"Johnnie Dent Jr.","tags":["bitterness","forgiveness","self-growth","self-improvement","self-motivation","testimony"],"id":12887,"author_id":"Johnnie+Dent+Jr."},{"text":"Love is sweet even when what you go through is bitter.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["bitterness","courtship","dating","love","love","love-and-sayings","marriage","relationship-advice","relationship"],"id":13712,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Parables, yes. We here are to lead life with woe. Tasting bitter.The Tai Chi instructor.","author":"Lynne Sharon Schwartz","tags":["bitterness","grief","parables","sorrow","tai-chi"],"id":16042,"author_id":"Lynne+Sharon+Schwartz"},{"text":"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.","author":"Jasinda Wilder","tags":["bitterness","colton","cope","coping","cutting","drinking","falling","falling-into-you","feel","feeling","fighting","grief","hurting","jasinda-wilder","music","nell","relief","words"],"id":16597,"author_id":"Jasinda+Wilder"},{"text":"I know I am flaky, I accept that—and I know, as well, that I can mangle the good king’s English like no one else in my or the next ten governesses’ acquaintances, but that will not prevent me from speaking! I may not be as wise as you in the ways of the world, I may not have wounds that run as deeply or scars to wear upon my chest like medals of valor, but at least I don’t retreat and hide the moment a soul comes within reach of my fingers!","author":"V.S. Carnes","tags":["bitterness","fear","love","romance"],"id":20138,"author_id":"V.S.+Carnes"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":277,"pages":28,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}