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“I think happy, companionate marriages between men and women who respect each other (as far as is consistent with being actual human beings) should be every bit as poetry-worthy as angst, bitterness, and shame.”

Thinking Men Should Humans Bits Human Beings Men And Women Shame Worthy Consistent Bitterness Angst Respect Each Other

Author:Delia Sherman

“I believe in humanity - not just you or Mother, but all mankind. Do I sound like a preacher or a cheap politician making a pretty speech? This is not what I intend to do... I believe in life, that it is sweet and that, for all its occasional bitterness, we-man, that is-are headed toward something better - fulfillment. There is much shame, however, and so much hypocrisy around us and these inhibit our fulfillment as human beings.”

Men Believe Humans Mother Humanity I Believe Sound Human Beings Mankind Sweet Politician Speech Shame I Believe In Fulfillment Hypocrisy Bitterness Preacher Occasional Something Better

Author:F. Sionil José

“Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man's heart than to behold the love of a lady so fair and brave that cannot be returned.”

Men World Heart Chance Grief This World Fairs Shame Brave Ill Bitterness

Book:The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings

Source: The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings

“The end of violence or the aftermath of violence is bitterness. The aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation and the creation of a beloved community. A boycott is never an end within itself. It is merely a means to awaken a sense of shame within the oppressor but the end is reconciliation, the end is redemption.”

Mean Ends Community Violence Creation Shame Redemption Beloved Bitterness Nonviolence Reconciliation Oppressors Aftermath Boycott Beloved Community

Book:The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:

Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:

“There's nothing in this world can make me joy: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.”

Men World Life Life Is Joy This World Sweet Taste Ears Shame Tales Bitter Dull Yield Bitterness Spoil Tedious Drowsy

Book:The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: Twelfth-night. Winter's tale. Macbeth. King John

Source: The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: Twelfth-night. Winter's tale. Macbeth. King John

“It is better to be the recipient of violence than the inflicter of it, since the latter only multiplies the existence of violence and bitterness in the universe, while the former may develop a sense of shame in the opponent, and thereby bring about a transformation and change of heart.”

Heart May Universe Existence Violence Transformation Shame Former Opponents Latter Bitterness Change Of Heart

Book:In a Single Garment of Destiny

Source: In a Single Garment of Destiny