“Gimme hate, Lord,” he whimpered. “I’ll take hate any day. But don’t give me love. I can’t take no more love, Lord. I can’t carry it… It’s too heavy. Jesus, you know, you know all about it. Ain’t it heavy? Jesus? Ain’t love heavy?”

Source: Song of Solomon

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Gimme hate, Lord,” he whimpered. “I’ll take hate any day. But don’t give me love. I can’t take no more love, Lord. I ca…" by Toni Morrison?
Toni Morrison photo
Toni Morrison 184
American writer 1931–2019

Related quotes

Tupac Shakur photo
Richelle Mead photo

“Give me a baptism of glowing love,
Thy power and presence wheresoe'er I rove;
And my last prayer, all other prayers above —
Oh, give to me
More of Thyself, Lord Jesus: more of Thee!”

Anna Shipton (1815–1901) British religious writer

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 397.

“Do you hate me so much?” “no, I can’t hate you. I wish I could, but I can’t””

Alice Borchardt (1939–2007) American fiction writer

Devoted

J.C. Ryle photo

“The Lord Jesus is a friend who never changes. There is no fickleness about Him. Those whom He loves, He loves unto the end.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Source: Home Truths (1859), Ch. II: "Do You Want a Friend?", p. 21

Orson Scott Card photo
Anthony B photo

“The Lord is I light an' salvation
so I won't heed to temptation
….. I know they hate us but Jah love us so
The more they fight we get stronger”

Anthony B (1976) Jamaican deejay and singer

In time of trouble'
Song lyrics, Life over Death (2008)

Pierre Corneille photo

“If you betray me, can I take a better revenge
Than to love the person you hate?”

Me puis-je mieux venger, si vous me trahissez,
Que d'aimer à vos yeux ce que vous haïssez?
Domitien, act IV, scene iii.
Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

John Steinbeck photo

Related topics