#ang

The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly. ↗

— Haniel Long

#accosted #disposed #drama #friendly #him

But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife. The good ladies were no strangers to the prowess of their husbands. and, strange as it may seem, they presumed a little upon it. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#good #had #heroes #himself #husbands

Curiously enough, it seems to be only in describing a mode of language which does not mean what it says that one can actually say what one means. ↗

— Paul de Man

#curiously #describing #does #enough #language

To be angry is to yield to the influence of Satan. No one can make us angry. It is our choice. If we desire to have a proper spirit with us at all times, we must choose to refrain from becoming angry. I testify that such is possible. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#anger

Each dark conjecture came and for a moment settled like a vulture on Bond's shoulder and croaked into his ear that he had been a blind fool. ↗

— Ian Fleming

#folly #foolishness #guilt #regret #anger

Most everything I do revolves around tae kwon do. That said, I like to be a typical girl and go shopping. I have three nieces and nephews that I like to hang out with. I'm also finishing my last semester at the University of Houston, where I'm majoring in childhood education. ↗

— Diana Lopez

#around #childhood #education #everything #finishing

One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#anger

Usually I'll go to San Diego to hang out with my parents if I want to unwind. ↗

— Mario Lopez

#go #hang #i #out #parents

I recall feeling an almost delicious terror when one day I found myself alone in the midst of tall June grasses that grew high as my head. But here the secret working of self consciousness is almost too entangled with the things of the past for me to explain it. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#alone #consciousness #day #delicious #entangled

Because conflict-avoidant Emily would never “bite” or even hiss unless Greg had done something truly horrible, on some level she processes his bite to mean that she’s terribly guilty—of something, anything, who knows what? ↗

— Susan Cain

#conflict #relationships #anger