If you want to understand bitterness, go to the fire of a bitter person. A bitter person will gather their own wood of hatred; resentment; cynicism; envy; and place these sticks upon their fire. In every instance the bitter person will not allow their past hurt to be forgotten. It is not acceptable to forget, lest the fire goes out the embittered will stoke the cold ambers afresh with their bloody memory. The embittered cannot allow forgetfulness to creep into their private refuge of hatred and hostility.