Resentment Quotes - Page 24

• The lessons of the past suggest that racism and resentment against people of color will continue to flourish in America as long as the history that is taught transposes the heroes and the villains. That is the unspoken truth at the heart of the nation's racial divide.

  Susan L. Taylor

  Hero, Heart, Past

  Susan L. Taylor (2010). “Lessons in Living”, p.159, Anchor

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• Grudges are bridges with faulty spans. Falling off one is a lot more rewarding than getting stuck on the other side.

  Nora Roberts

  Fall, Bridges, Sides

  Nora Roberts (2011). “The Novels of Nora Roberts”, p.581, Penguin

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• [On the camel:] When it kneels to be laden it always grumbles, growls and shows resentment, but of this the driver takes no notice. He goes on loading up until the moment when the beast suddenly becomes silent; then he knows that the burden is heavy enough, and nothing more is added.

  Mildred Cable

  Camels, Goes On, Moments

  Mildred Cable, Francesca French (1944). “The Gobi Desert”

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• No woman ever yet either reasoned or acted long together consequentially; but some little thing, some love, some resentment, somepresent momentary interest, some supposed slight, or some humour, always breaks in upon, and oversets their most prudent resolutions and schemes.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Women, Long, Together

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.356

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