“Parables, yes. We here are to lead life with woe. Tasting bitter.”
“And they are unjust to us often, for when they find life bitter they blame us for it, and when they find it sweet we do not taste its sweetness with them.”
“How sweet it is to let God purge our souls of ego and bitterness, and to have a little taste of heaven here on earth.”
“For the first time in my life I tasted death, and death tasted bitter, for death is birth, is fear and dread of some terrible renewal.”
“Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life”
“You needed the bitter edges of life to make it real, to let you taste what was still sweet.”