Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.

Some carry the burden of bitterness and resentfulness for many years.

I've always hated the idea of carrying grudges and resentments around like a load of mouldy suitcases.

People say you have to work on your resentments. Yeah, no, I'm gonna hang onto them and they're gonna fuel my attack.

As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind.

I really can't hate more than 5 or 10 years. Wouldn't it be terrible to be always burdened with those primary emotions you had at one time?

Bitterness and unforgiveness block the flow of God's blessing in your life and actually hinder your prayers.

The worst resentment that anybody can have is one you feel justified to keep.

I have come to believe that anger and grudges are burning embers in the heart.

Resentment is just a way of letting someone else use your mind rent-free.

Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.

People carry around resentment for years! And that creates daily stress.

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.

Bitterness is so ugly. I don't want to go there.

Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and waiting for the other person to die.

Some people would rather dig fresh graves than heal old wounds.

There's a television show, 'Hoarders,' where people have those homes filled with stuff. Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything.

If you haven't forgiven someone, it does not hurt that person. They're sleeping at night. You're holding onto that, and all the damage is being done to you internally.

I don't like to hold on to anger. It eats you up alive.

The worst thing in life is not to die but to live with bitterness.

Bitterness kills the soul.

Once you get to a certain age, if you have resentment towards people, it only affects you.

In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.