Bitter Smile Quotes

#1. He wanted me to believe in something. I believe in plenty of things, I thought with a bitter smile. I believed that I was going to die tomorrow.

Galaxy Craze

#2. The Ghost-Girl's lips was fixed in a bitter smile, but her creamy eyes was sad so sad but proud'n'strong too.

David Mitchell

#3. I could have killed Giulietta myself ... but this is better.
"I suppose she is a pure-blooded royal, after all," I say aloud. I give Teren a bitter smile. "Now you know how it feels.

Marie Lu

#4. When asked how to achieve success more rapidly, came the quick reply, 'Double your failure rate'.

Thomas J. Watson

#5. She denied none of it aloud, and agreed to none of it in private.

Jane Austen

#6. Give a smile always, not once a while. Life's great when you wake up and ignore the scaring nightmares you had. Forget the bitter bile; life's sweet beyond River Nile. File your teeth out and smile!

Israelmore Ayivor

#7. That's hard core, Gin," Finn replied. "Very hard core. Kind of kinky too." A grim smile tightened my lips. "That's me. Gin Blanco. Hard core and kinky to the bitter end.

Jennifer Estep

#8. Now, when you boys get home, you're gonna see a lot of war protestors. But don't be bitter. Go up to one, shake his hand, and smile. Then wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy.

Tommy Franks

#9. Her smile grew bitter as desert brine. The gods may forgive Ista all day long. But if Ista does not forgive Ista, the gods may go hang themselves.

Lois McMaster Bujold

#10. Magnus wondered how long Alec was envisioning it would be until they found the baby a home. Alec must think that it would take a while, and Magnus feared Alec was right.

Cassandra Clare

#11. If God should smile at someone once ..he then
will not hurt by bitter looks from men

Rumi

#12. If you go on the road hoping to find it, you might discover you've had it with you all along. That which you seek is yourself.

D.C. Leberknight

#13. I've ceased to smile long ago,
The bitter winds now chill my lips,
Another hope was just let go,
Another song was added since.
Against my will, I'll cede this song
To people's laughter and offense,
Because love's silence for the soul
Is too unbearably immense.

Anna Akhmatova

#14. Dreams dawn and fly: friends smile and die, Like spring flowers. Our vaunted life is one long funeral. Men dig graves, with bitter tears, For their dead hopes; and all, Mazed with doubts, and sick with fears, Count the hours.

Matthew Arnold

#15. The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.

Horace

#16. Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.

Tupac Shakur

#17. I don't understand."
The Consort's smile was bitter. "No. No more do I."
"I doubt that."
"Do you imply that I lie, Lord Kaylin?"
"Clumsy of me. I'm not usually that subtle.

Michelle Sagara

#18. Salvage what you can so you don't end up like me; bitter and hateful but disguising it with a smile, and then hide it away under the cover of wild nights and very early mornings.

J.C. Wickhart

#19. It was a myth that every mother and daughter were best friends, but friendship was far less important than family. Friends came and went; family was always there.

Nicholas Sparks

#20. My parents had a software company making children's software for the Apple II+, Commodore 64 and Acorn computers. They hired these teenagers to program the software, and these guys were true hackers, trying to get more colors and sound and animation out of those computers.

Bre Pettis

#21. Teachers of my
early youth
Taught forgiveness
stressed the truth
Here then is my
Christian lack:
If I'm struck then
I'll strike back.

Maya Angelou

#22. Jacob's little smirk became a full-blown grin, and I knew he was picturing Charlie showing up to arrest him. This grin was too bitter, too full of mocking to satisfy me. This wasn't the smile I'd been waiting to see.

Stephenie Meyer

#23. And, to our bitter grief, with a smile and in silence, he died, a gallant gentleman.

Bram Stoker

#24. Remember, machines don't forgive.

Joel Salatin

#25. I had all these desperate feelings. I kept thinking, How will I ever play football again if I can't even get out of this bed? I was an invalid. Football had given me everything: identity, money, confidence, friendships. I wondered what kind of man I would be without it.

Keith Millard

#26. When she listened to songs that she loved on the radio, something stirred inside her. A liquid ache spread under her skin, and she walked out of the world like a witch.

Arundhati Roy

#27. games aren't the opposite of work, but experiences that set aside the ordinary purposes of things.

Ian Bogost