“Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice.”

“Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison, and then waiting around for the rat to die.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

“Most will live a selfish life
Stubbornly die
without regret
Poisoning the hope
We all drink
Thirsting for love”

Boukabyegga

“To be unforgiving is like to drink poison and wait for someone else to die!!

Rev. TD Jakes (have I said how much I love ya!)”

T.D. Jakes (1957) American bishop

“Would you care for something to drink?”
“Is it poisoned?”
“It’s Saturday,” I said. “We only serve poison during the week.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

“I begged God to cure my aching limbs. But he did nothing, he gave me no advice. Didn't this God abandon Jesus Christ? Oh if it comes to you, I'll die for your sins.”

Ed Harcourt (1977) British musician

“Live or die, but don't poison everything.”

Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States

“Live or die, but don't poison everything.”

Saul Bellow book Herzog

“Though the doctors treated him, let his blood, and gave him medications to drink, he nevertheless recovered.”

Leo Tolstoy book War and Peace

“Not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole.”

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet