#jealousy

Animals don't know as much about jealousy as people, but they're not ignorant of it, either. ↗

— Stephen King

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If the rest of them can survive only by destroying us, then why should we wish them to survive? . . . Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can't be punished for being good. One can't be penalized for ability. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#parasitism #rand #jealousy

When jealousy rears up, it indicates that something inside of you is afraid. It's an alarm, nothing less and nothing more. Treat it as such. ↗

— Anthony D. Ravenscroft

#polyamory #relationships #jealousy

Solange and all her irritating brothers could get themselves kiled without me. I deserved to be part of their clandestine plans. I'd earned it. And I was sure they'd need a human touch at some point. And if they asked Hunter to help instead of me, I'd stake every last one of them myself. Mom says jealousy is unattractive. So's a broken nose. I'm just saying. ↗

— Alyxandra Harvey

#pg- #jealousy

I said I was impressed, Martha. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up? ↗

— Edward Albee

#jealousy

Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it. ↗

— George Gordon Byron

#jealousy

As a recluse I couldn't bear traffic. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings. People diminished me, they sucked me dry. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#people #jealousy

Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they’re jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#jealousy #revenge #jealousy

I could buy that she would murder me in a fit of rage, poison me out of flaming jealousy, or bomb my car out of sheer, stubborn pique. But she would never do it and feel nothing. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#jealousy

He was jealous of her future, and she of his past. ↗

— Anaïs Nin

#passion #jealousy