Resentment secretes images that obscure your view of the present and distort your memory of the past. Resentment is a positive force of mendacity.
“We now live in the present, unconsciously uneasy at the future, and this short-term viewpoint does have dangers. We know that, as human beings, we are all deeply flawed and dangerous, but this self-knowledge can act as a brake on hope and idealism.”
J. G. Ballard