a dense wall of greenery bordered it, …an impenetrable barrier of oaks, evergreen shrubs, blackberry that somehow resisted the frost, and thorns. In the defense department, the witches would make Sleeping Beauty’s evil witch weep...

She made a visual inventory of the disaster and confirmed that the girl was curled up like a snail, her head hidden between her arms: terrified but intact. “My God!” Rosa Cabarcas exclaimed. “What I...

If you ever look sideways at another man or attempt to refuse me I shall beat you. Got it?

She gave her husband such a night of sexual pleasure that his eyes followed her constantly after that, narrow and hot. He grew molten when she passed near other men, and at night they made...

Unrequited love,” I’d say. He’d look at me sideways in that cunning way he did and say, “what about it?” and I’d reply, “it’s not your color.” Pithy. Just to show him that I’d noticed....

What is jealousy but a reflection of your own failures?

Why do you care?” His eyes looked casually over my shoulder, down the hallway then flicked back to me. “Are you jealous?” his left eyebrow rose slightly.”Of Lizzie, umm, no,” I mouthed.”Ah, huh” he didn’t...

Really, Sage? A date?”I sighed. “Yes, Adrian. A date.”A real date. Not, like, doing homework together,” he added. “I mean like where you go out to a movie or something. And a movie that’s not...

As jealousy entered, trust left… and their dream of a relationship began to wither into a nightmare… a nightmare in which love just wasn’t enough.

True confidence is not about what you take from someone to restore yourself, but what you give back to your critics because they need it more than you do.

Jealousy is a fever that arises from a stupid, baseless excitement in our unthinking brain.Jealousy is a phenomenon of auto-suggestion.The woman you love has gone to bed with X. You hate X, you hate her,...

You may think it all very fine, Mr. Huntingdon, to amuse yourself with rousing my jealousy; but take care you don’t rouse my hate instead. And when you have once extinguished my love, you will...

Whatever worldly thing we may covet – zealously striving to obtain and then retain – never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed always escalate into a vicious spiral,...

Those who truly want greatness must surround themselves with people even greater than they are.

It’s always funny that you can try and try again to steal all your critics’ ammo, predict their responses, but no matter what, they’ll still have a water gun stashed somewhere.

The clearest version of vision, backed by the purest grade of greed is a ripen file of failure.

Men are jealous of every woman, even when they don’t have the slightest interest in her themselves.

And tell your friend in the striped shirt that he’s in my seat.

Too bad,Elizabeth. You’re Stuck with me.Not for a few decades,not for centuries. You’re tied to me forever. That boy and girl offspring you talked off? They’ll come from me–or no one.

I dunno.” She sat on the bench and hugged the robe like a pillow. “I still think that Brett guy is cute.””Good luck getting him away from Bekka.” Cleo gathered her silky black hair into...

When you’re working, some people relax and wait for the invisible right time, but when they see your fortune, they wake up and strategize an envious attack.

You look beautiful sitting there spitting at me like a she-cat. All I have to do is look at you, and I lust. I’m going to take you back to the hotel and take off...

What’s wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?””Everything, since he has a command and I have not.

See, it’s not that I’m jealous of others. I just don’t understand why they can be happy and I can’t.

Yeah, he only loves you for your mind,” Shane said…

These feelings…the ugly feelings in my heart…should have been blown away…and buried deep in the sands…

It took so long to find you…and now I don’t want it to change. I want it all set in amber. I want us and nobody else in the most selfish way you can imagine....

Jealousy has always been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and unlovable, like the Bad Seed.

Such a pity, really; the prey falling for the predator. The victim in love with the killer… A mere mortal girl thinking a demon was capable of love.

Learn to love your haters, they are a wonderful source of inspiration.

Jealousy is a disease, it’s like a poison.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

Why do people who already have so much get bitter about those who have a little more?

Animosity killed the elephant.

Jealousy is an ugly emotion that makes people do some seriously whacked shit and when a woman is experiencing it, it’s worse.

But it’s that fucking dress she’s wearing. It’s low-cut and tight and just…Jesus. Why would she wear a dress like that? Is she doing it just to torture me? I like the idea that maybe...

You’re fucking special and if I want to act all possessive over you when some stupid art guy hits on you right in front of me, I’m going to. Either that or I’m going to...

You’re just jealous,” I said.”You can believe what you want,” Aaron said. “But somebody’s stealing from the Grimm Collection. They’re either taking the objects or somehow sucking out their magic. Doc and theh librarians are...

Isn’t it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?

Don’t envy what people have, emulate what they did to have it.

Fear, anger, jealousy, hatred of self and others are the outcomes of the lack of connectivity with your inner self. Connecting with your inner self and awakening your inner sensuality is not a luxury anymore,...

Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.

Even jealousy is based on fantasies: a fantasy that someone else has what belongs to you.

Confront all the angry thoughts, feelings, the jealousies and condemnations, to find their cause, seek the root of such feelings and then operate on that. Need of security and reassurance can cause criminal acts.

My eyes are green, Cause I eat a lot of vegetables,It don’t have nothing to do with your new friend

Max.God, but she was stubborn. And tough. And closed in. Closed off. Except whenshe was holding Angel, or ruffling the Gasman’s hair, or pushing somethingcloser to Iggy’s hand so he could find it easily without...

He who is jealous, is never jealous of what you see, with what is imagined is enough.

Why do people think jealousy is a feeling so proud to have?

Siempre he dicho que los celos saben más que la verdad.

I’ve never been jealous before I met you, it burns, luv. Like silver through my veins. Some nights, watching you with other men on your jobs, I think it will drive me mad. (Bones)