All 4 Uses
malice
in
A Gesture Life
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- My initial impulse is to tell Veronica how she's absolutely right, how in this world (or the one we've made) beauty is the scantest blessing, and how, despite the appearance of ever-bestowed glory and celebration, it is mostly malice and misery that are returned to the bearer.†
p. 70.1 *malice = the desire to hurt others or see them suffer
- I've gone from being good Doc Hata to the nice old fellow to whoever that ancient Oriental is, a sentence (I heard it whispered last summer while paying for my lunch at the new Church Street Diner) which carries no hard malice or prejudice but leaves me in wonder all the same.†
p. 201.1
- He had no malice or rage in his face, simply a plain expression of purpose.†
p. 271.4
- "I could," she tells me straight, but without any malice in her eyes.†
p. 337.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(malice) the intention or desire to see others suffer
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)