„The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions — hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity — also ceased to manifest themselves.“

— Paulo Coelho

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„If he had to bring all the bitterness and hatred of the world into his heart, he was not going to be in love with her again.“
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
„To create souls in men, to create fine happiness and fine despair she must remain deeply proud - proud to be inviolate, proud also to be melting, to be passionate and possessed.“
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
„Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.“
— Jr.
„I do want your happiness. But the absence of fighting or hatred or desire also means the opposites do not exist either. No joy, no communion, no love. Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.“
— Haruki Murakami