"Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion."

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"Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion."

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"Because he has finally realized that it is it and not him that is loved by the woman he loves, many a man is jealous of his own car, house, wardrobe, or salary."

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"Why? Do you plan to make out with her?"His teeth ground with so much force he feared they would soon be nothing but a fond memory. "I plan to question her.""Ah. So that's what the kids are calling it these days. Well, have fun." with that, a still-grinning Paris strolled from the room."

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"Envy: Instead of focusing on your own goals, your goal becomes throwing off the rails other people's goals and at the end of the day you gain nothing but a mischievous satisfaction that you have destroyed someone's dream."

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"Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower."

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"Jealousy has always been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and unlovable, like the Bad Seed."

Anne Lamott, American Author

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"Jealousy's eyes are green."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

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"To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter."

Francoise Sagan, French Playwright

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"There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room."

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"Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information? Bones asked, getting back to the subject. 'You to take me, she replied at once. 'Not gonna happen! I spat, squeezing him possessively. Three sets of widened eyes fixed on me. That's when I realized that what I had a firm grip on was no longer his hand."

Jeaniene Frost, American Author

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