Bitter Quotes

“You're going to use experiences to become either bitter or better. To get better you must reflect on your mistakes.”
― Patrick Bet-David, Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

“But right now, our house is silent. And that silence between us is so loud”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects

“To be thankful for one thing is infinitely more powerful than to be bitter about a hundred others.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Sweet people are nice to eat. Bitter people are nice to spit them out.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“The bitter tasted like the truth, the sweet tasted like a lie.”
― J.S. Mason, The Ghost Therapist...And Other Grand Delights

“Extra bitter melon was never an issue. The unpopular vegetable was a favorite with the Rajes, none of whom were daunted by the bitterness that sat atop the other, more complex underlying flavors. She would take some over to her aunt and uncle's house later.
Her grandmother could make magic with bitter melon, stuffing it with fried onions and then frying the entire thing to a buttery, salty crunch. Baba's recipe at the restaurant was derived from Aji's recipe, he'd made it richer with cashews added to the stuffing and a creamy onion sauce. Decadent, the way all of Baba's versions of traditional recipes were. Ashna could make that version in her sleep, but she preferred the taste of the one her grandmother made.”
― Sonali Dev, Recipe for Persuasion

“Her dark thoughts spilled like a large coffee overflowing in an espresso cup. The coffee was bitter and strong, full of caffeine. It was a drug she didn't like, an addiction of darkness that was embedded inside her. It was a coffee being served without a smile, and one that she didn't want to drink.”
― Arti Manani, The Colours of Denial

“He was hurling words at his shrinking wife like clods or bricks and she was not dodging but receiving them like a willing saint, enduring abuse like a terrible balm.”
― Thea Astley, Drylands

“Bitterness I understand," the Duke said. "But let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and freedom to use them.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Now Tamsin was nothing but bitter and dark and cold—always so impossibly cold.”
― Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

“You must be able to swallow bitter pills without becoming bitter.”
― Jonathan Heimberg

“Love is just a trite four-letter word. People use it for every fucking thing.”
― Isabel Lucero, Dysfunctional

“Once in the taxi he recalled how Herbert had introduced him to a group of strangers. ‘I want you to shake the hand of the most brilliant student of our class at McGill. He could have been a success at anything he wanted. Instead he’s devoted his life to teaching.’ It was clear that they still took him for the freshly scrubbed idealist who had left McGill twenty years ago. They had no idea that he was exhausted, bitter, and drained, and that given the chance he would never become a teacher.”
― Mordecai Richler, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

“Shoutout to everyone with an ex who badmouths them to every dumb-dumb who will listen... Don’t be dragged into their lonely bitterness... Time reveals the truth...”
― Steve Maraboli

“We sat and talked. With Every word they spoke, I could see the deteriorating effect holding on can have on a beautiful soul. They had aged... Not like wine, but like bread. The worst part is that they didn't even see it. They thought they were bitter because they were alone... But in truth, they were alone because they were bitter.”
― Steve Maraboli

“To allow hope into the heart is to open oneself to bitter disappointment.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“You’re a dying bitter old man,” Luke replied, trying to think of something to say to hurt his father.

“And you’re nothing but bitter,” Paul spat back.”
― NA Leigh, Mr. Hinkle's Verum Ink: the navy blue book

“It was the third day of “you’re the only single person here.” Couple’s retreat had a way of reinvigorating Singlehood Awareness that seemed to naturally occur around the holidays, specifically November through February 14th, except the retreat offered a more concentrated formula.”
― Denise M. Jones, Montgomery's Diary

“I drew out the "Ham," lingered on the "me," and softened the clip of the "rick." I repeated the word, and with every slow joining of its three syllables, the fizzy taste of sweet licorice with a mild chaser of wood smoke flooded my mouth. A phantom swig of Dr. Pepper.”
― Monique Truong, Bitter in the Mouth

“The troubles are there in the path to make you better, but if they make you bitter, you are becoming troublesome..!”
― Mahendar Singh Jakhar

“Putting his umbrella away, and ignoring the fine Seattle mist, he opened his wallet and took out a small white envelope. On the front was the Chinese character for Lee-Ethel's last name for the last thirty seven-plus years. Inside had been a piece of hard candy and a quarter. The small envelopes were passed out as he left the Bonney-Watson Funeral Home, where Ethel's memorial service had been held. The candy was so that everyone leaving would taste sweetness-not bitter. The quarter was for buying more candy on the way home- a traditional token of lasting life and enduring happiness.”
― Jamie Ford

“We’ve repeated history a few times and it seems to be getting worse before it gets better. And it will get better. A lot better. But it’s your choice. Get better, not bitter.”
― Richie Norton

“It is against the law of Pineapples for humans to drink water after eating them.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“His control started to waver in round two with her witch's cauldron, a Black Forest gâteau that spilled out sinuous curls of smoke, teasing the taste buds with an elusive hint of... toffee? No, bourbon. Honey?
"Caramel brandy." Dominic severed the speculation of the other judges. He was correct. She had infused the dry ice mechanism with caramel brandy. Bending in a very limber motion for a man with those shoulders, he examined the exterior of the cauldron, breaking off a tiny piece with a satisfying snap. She'd meticulously assembled the structure from white chocolate that she'd hand-painted to mimic rusted iron, using a customized pigment of a powdered food coloring mixed with--
"The chocolate has a bitter aftertaste." Again, he cut short her explanation, rising to his feet. "Did you taste-test the pigment first?”
― Lucy Parker, Battle Royal

“God, love is crap. It's crap.”
― Sophie Kinsella, The Party Crasher

“When life is bitter, you have no sweet dreams”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“All need a bitter reason...
to justify a necessary change.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Truth and honesty are bitter to people but sweet to God because they are two noble characters of God.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“The righteous statement is only bitter by the criminal.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“Bitterness sucks; it will make you empty. Fill it with acceptance; then growth is coming. See ya!”
― Nathaniel E. Quimada