“Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.”
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) American folklorist, novelist, short story writer
“Unfortunately, we're all out of bitter revenge at the moment, so it's either tea or nothing.”
— Cassandra Clare, book City of Bones
Hodge and Clary, pg. 75
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)
Context: "Is there anything I could get for you?" he asked. "Something to drink? Some tea?"
"I don't want tea," said Clary, with a muffled force. "I want to find my mother. And then I want to find out who took her in the first place, and I want to kill them."
"Unfortunately," said Hodge, "we're all out of bitter revenge at the moment, so it's either tea or nothing."
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