Bitter Gold

Famous quotes containing the words bitter and/or gold:

    “To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand,
    Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there.”
    —Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)

    “I am a lantern—
    My head a moon
    Of Japanese paper, my gold beaten skin
    Infinitely delicate and infinitely expensive.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)