Bitter

Famous quotes containing the word bitter:

“Tell me, how many hands have palpated the pulp that has grown so generously around your hard, bitter little soul?”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 12:8-9.

“The bitter sea of life is boundless; if one but turns around, there’s the shore.”
—Chinese proverb.