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“One last point here, and I’ll give you this as a caveat. When Carefree Scamps let their guard down and find themselves telling others about their life, they’re invariably not believed. To a Carefree Scamp, his/her life is just normal talk. To a Rag, Tag & Bobtail, who hasn’t yet lived, it’s unbelievable. When I was living on the Algarve I once had someone say to me, “Is there anywhere you haven’t been? You reckon you’ve lived here for two or three years, and you were also in America for eight years, travelling around America for five years. Where else have you lived?â€�

And I experienced that not uncommon feeling that I should have kept my mouth shut. Clearly jealous, because although spending 12 years in Portugal and America is hardly exceptional, the Rag Tag wanted desperately to disbelieve that I’d made it happen. But as I say, it’s not exactly notable, is it? I hadn’t told him I’d travelled with a circus for 15 years, or explored the Amazon (although I do have a very good friend who did that for a couple of years), I just mentioned a couple of things that happened when I lived in such-and-such a place. Rag, Tag & Bobtail, who no doubt lived in Tunbridge-Wells-in-Antipathy his whole life hated the fact that he’d never left, and rather than berating himself for not being bold enough to bring out the daring and gutsy poetry of his own life, he hated me because I was.”
― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe

“When a man's pride is made to bite the dust, resentment is the worm that eats his flesh”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Resentment can make you bitter rather than encouraging you to be your best.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“For as long as we harbor resentment or seek revenge, the wound of the offense is renewed. Why wound yourself further for someone’s offense.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“The children had invaded Halim’s life, and he never got used to the fact. Still, they were his children and he spent time with them, told them stories. He was what you could call a father, but one who was aware that children had robbed him of a large part of his privacy and pleasure. Years later, they would rob him of serenity and good humor.”
― Fábio Moon, Two Brothers

“When the shadow of resentment covers the mind, the poisonous tongue becomes active and bites the kind! - Pameli Mukherjee”
― Linda Greyman, Soul Works - The Minds Journal Collection

“Old anger is retrievable, you know. But it’s up to us to destroy their blood-sucking pathology.”
― Franciska Soares, They Whisper in my Blood