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Jealousy Quotes


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


"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."


"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."


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


"That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse."


"What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy."


"A bachelor always feels himself defrauded, when he knows or suspects that any woman of his acquaintance has given herself away."


"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."



"Jealousy appears to be a redoubtable pitfall for love, on the toll road of self-absorption and unshareability. When love has to remain cloistered and ostentatiously exclusionary, envy may show its pernicious power, cause wounding harms and unchain emotional twisters. ['Why has Shé got stars in the sky?']"


"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."


"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."


"It's like when you're excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means you're happy, too."
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