Bittersweet Endings Quotes

“We quenched the bulging flame, amongst
the ashes embers of fire remain”
― Mie Hansson, Where Pain Thrives

“I wore you on me at all times
Like I now carry my pen.
Unlike your own opinion my
Belongings must have a function.
You bled through the ink of my lines and
To be my subject nursed your thirst.

Was it my fault, or your own, that you forgot
—I do not deal in tender verse.”
― Mie Hansson, Where Pain Thrives

“Summer has always been good to me, even the bittersweet end, with the slanted yellow light.”
― Paul Monette, Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir

“For that short space of time, she forgot she was sad and a little afraid. She let herself forget that after tonight, she might never see him again and that if she did, whatever it was between them would no longer exist.

When he deepened the kiss and his weight pressed her against the ground, she forgot everything, losing herself in a wave of sensation that carried no threat, inspired no fear, and belonged to no one but her.”
― Elle Todd, The Vanguard

“George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha: I am, George. I am.”
― Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

“Why do people do evil things?
Messenger's answer stunned me, "Why did you?”
― Michael Grant

“Yes, I Know,” said the ghost of the golem. “It Is Perfect. I Am Free.”
― Terry Pratchett

“Summer has always been good to me, even the bittersweet end, with the slant of yellow light.”
― Paul Monette, Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir

“Who would have thought that freedom has the shape and weight of the chains?”
― Mladen Đorđević, Svetioničar - Pomračenje