#men

Do we really want to be rid of our resentments, our anger, our fear? Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for fear of the unknown. (Narcotics Anonymous Book/page 33) ↗

— Narcotics Anonymous

#fear-of-unknown #narcotics-anonymous #resentment #anger

Sometimes ... it took seconds to control your anger, only to avoid the state of eternal feud. ↗

— Toba Beta

#eternal-feud #anger

When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping one’s anger. ↗

— Anne Brontë

#apologies #women #anger

I've always considered myself a good person. I've never done anything to purposely hurt anyone. I was in shock that this happened to me, and because it did, I turned into this vengeful person. I've never truly hated anyone, but I was glad when I saw him lying there on the floor. ↗

— Maya Banks

#abused-women #anger #rape #vengeance #anger

I thought of Shelley in the hospital, how she said sometimes sadness only looked like anger and judgment. Maybe fear did too. ↗

— Holly Cupala

#fear #judgment #anger

The root of anger is the perception that something has been taken. Something is owed you, and now a debt to debtor relationship has been established. ↗

— Andy Stanley

#resentment #anger

Throughout my career, when I was finished with the drawing for one film I would go up to the story department and help develop sequences. Sometimes these were for scenes that I would animate later on. ↗

— Marc Davis

#career #department #develop #drawing #film

Being snappy is a symptom of an argument we forgot to have some way back. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#arguments #snappiness #anger

A lady never shows her anger, she channels it to further her ends. ↗

— Erik Buchanan

#women #anger

So a voice in the mountain is enough to let loose an avalanche. A word too much may be followed by a caving in. If the word had not been spoken, it would not have happened. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#anger