“What makes bitter things sweet? Hunger.”

“Altars are trimmed, and the poor suffer the bitter pangs of hunger.”

“If it is not love, what then is it that I feel? But if it is love, before God, what kind of thing is it? If it is good, whence comes this bitter mortal effect? If it is evil, why is each torment so sweet?”

“The roots of education … are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”

“Sweetness of life depends to its bitterness.”

“That was what she really wanted. To forget so thoroughly she'd never have another memory again, the bitter so bitter you gave up the sweet.”

“I believe that being happy is the only important thing. Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or torturous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.”

“Christ is not sweet till sin be made bitter to us.”

“thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.”

“Sourness and bitterness come from the interfering and unappreciative mind. Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet. That is the message of The Vinegar Tasters.”