• I have always liked the phrase "nursing a grudge " because many people are tender of their resentments as of the thing nearest their hearts.

    Marilynne Robinson: I have always liked the phrase "nursing a grudge " because many people are tender of their resentments as of the thing nearest their hearts.
    Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.117, Macmillan