Bitter Truth Quotes

“Loving yourself is essential but not enough,
the bitter truth is, you still need to see that love reflected in someone else's eyes.”
― Wordions

“Growth requires the acceptance of the most uncomfortable truth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Find A Cause Outside Yourself: Sermon of Sustainability

“Experience does not whisper truths; it shouts them, loud enough to shatter our illusions.”
― Aloo Denish Obiero

“The bitter truth is we don't get the people we want. We get the people we deserve. And then, our life becomes a story about struggling to adjust to them.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“The worst can always be true”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“Why are you so driven? What is the real reason you must not go to Hufflepuff and be happier there? What is your true fear?"

I must achieve my full potential. If I don't I... fail...

"What happens if you fail?"

Something terrible...

"What happens if you fail?"

I don't know!

"Then it should not be frightening. What happens if you fail?"

I DON'T KNOW! BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S BAD!

There was silence for a moment in the caverns of Harry's mind.

"You know - you aren't letting yourself think it, but in some quiet corner of your mind you know just exactly what you aren't thinking - you know that by far the simplest explanation for this unverbalisable fear of yours is just the fear of losing your fantasy of greatness, of disappointing the people who believe in you, of turning out to be pretty much ordinary, of flashing and fading like so many other child prodigies...”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“People are more about money and less about their passion.”
― Aiyaz Uddin

“I will tell you the truth. The truth is, no matter how much you protect yourself, something chaotic can happen, and it will turn your life for the worse. No matter how nice you are, there will be people be who will hate you, will try to harm you. No matter how brave and competent you think you are, there is a limit to how much you can achieve. And last but not least, no matter what you do, death is coming for you.”
― Shon Mehta, Lair Of The Monster

“It is a bitter truth that democracy, particularly in the Pakistani nation and generally in all Muslim states, is like pearls in front of donkeys; it means offering a valuable and beneficial system to those who don't even have insight and sense of it.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Even when I get out of my own way, I'm still not getting anywhere. I've spent my life waiting for marshmallows and they didn't give me any.”
― Dmitry Dyatlov

“People will make you change and ask why you did.”
― Enoch Olalere

“In relationships, holding onto the hope that someone will change for you can hurt more than heal. Remember, people only change when they want to, not because you are waiting or hoping for them to change. And the bitter truth is, if they truly care about you, they won’t see the chance to change as a burden, they will happily adjust for you, just as you do for them.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“Prisoners are like damson plums. The
longer you keep them, the less valuable they become. Eventually, they spoil.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“You used me. Seduced me. Fucked me to get what you wanted. All these months, you made me think--- God, I'm such an idiot!--- you had me believing you actually loved me! And now you claim some shit went down with ghosts and a veil and you're blaming me for it? And--- and Frankie? Who's dead, by the way, so I'm not exactly sure how he figures. That about sum it up?"
"That's not fair." She felt like she was falling. "Something did go down. I saw them. I do love you."
"Bullshit." He stood up, everything itching inside, that sick sensation like he was about to hurl. "You love not being Hungry. You love yourself. You love that you can hitch a ride to the Afterlife whenever you feel like taking off my pants."
"No! Konstantin, that isn't--- that might be how it started, but it isn't how it stayed! I fell for you. It would have been so much easier if I hadn't."
"Glad we're just doing what's easy now."
He walked around the station, angry-clearing plates. The glasses of champagne. He needed to move. To keep busy. To not look at her.
Maura steadied herself on the edge of the counter, the steel a block of ice beneath her grip.
"It wasn't easy. Any of it. I'd give anything to take it back." It was hard to breathe; she couldn't get enough air. "The Hunger... it took so much from me---"
Konstantin slapped a wet kitchen towel down, the sound so loud it made her jump.
"Yeah? As much as tasting the Dead for a couple decades? Or thinking you're insane every time some mystery flavor appeared? And let's not even talk about my assorted paranoias and trust issues. But hey, you're the only one who's ever suffered, right? At least you know what you did to deserve it. My mouth just happened to be me.”
― Daria Lavelle, Aftertaste

“A bad ending can ruin even the most beautiful memories.”
― Garima Soni, Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote