Bitter Almonds

Famous quotes containing the words bitter and/or almonds:

    Where had her sweetness gone?
    What fanatics invent
    In this blind bitter town,
    Fantasy or incident
    Not worth thinking of,
    Put her in a rage.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    One would give plenty of almonds if one had eyes to see the beauty of a receiving hand.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)