The End of the Affair

by Graham Greene

When you are miserable, you envy other people’s happiness.’

Hatred seems to operate the same glands as love: it even produces the same actions. If we had not been taught how to interpret the story of the Passion, would we have been able to say from their actions alone whether it was the jealous Judas or the cowardly Peter who loved Christ?

a delayed victory can strain the nerves as much as a prolonged defeat.