"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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"In jealousy there is more self - love than love."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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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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Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

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"The gods, so says the old superstition, do not like to behold too happy mortals. It is certain, at least, that some human beings do not."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

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"Of course I'm jealous. I thought I was going to get to punch him. That isn't the point."

Leigh Bardugo, Israeli Author

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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."

Gena Showalter, American Novelist

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"That's the trouble with having the whole world love you. One day, you wake up and it's flirting with your best friend instead. And you don't know what to do. You're thrown."

Sophie Kinsella, British Author

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"Jealousy is a normal human emotion. When people act on that emotion, they then become a hater."

Ron Baratono, American Poet

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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."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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