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“my drops of tears I'll turn to sparks of fire.” William Shakespeare, “Henry VIII” - 1623

“Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby” - 1925

“My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, Or else my heart, concealing it, will break;” William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew” - 1623

“Age looks with anger on the temerity of youth, and youth with contempt on the scrupulosity of age.” Samuel Johnson, “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia” - 1759

“men in rage strike those that wish them best” William Shakespeare, “Othello” - 1623

“When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.” Mark Twain, “Pudd'nhead Wilson” - 1894

“Hot anger was bad. Ender’s anger was cold, and he could use it. Bonzo’s was hot, and so it used him.” Orson Scott Card, “Ender's Game” - 1985

“We can shoot rockets into space but we can’t cure anger or discontent.” John Steinbeck, “The Winter of Our Discontent” - 1961

“I understand a fury in your words, but not the words.” William Shakespeare, “Othello” - 1623

“And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury.” William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew” - 1623

“Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.” William Shakespeare, “Henry VIII” - 1623

“Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid.” Rudyard Kipling, “The Jungle Book” - 1894

“Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind, upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge.” John Locke, “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” - 1689

“He thinks every woman he meets is crazy for him, gets angry at little things, and blames other people when things go wrong.” Nicholas Sparks, “The Lucky One” - 2008

“You make it obvious you don't care whether people like you or not. That makes some people angry.” Haruki Murakami, “Norwegian Wood” - 1987

“For some reason, my temper was hardwired to my tear ducts. I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency.” Stephenie Meyer, “Twilight” - 2005

“That’s the way you feel when you’re beaten inside. You don’t feel angry at those who’ve beaten you. You just feel ashamed.” Marilyn Monroe, “My Story” - 1974

“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring” - 1954

“I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities, a thousand unremembered moments, produced in me an anger, a rebelliousness, a desire to fight the system that...” Nelson Mandela, “Long Walk to Freedom” - 1995

“If he didn’t care about you, you couldn’t upset him” Neil Gaiman, “The Graveyard Book” - 2008

“Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.” James Joyce, “Dubliners” - 1914

“don’t get afraid, get angry” Terry Pratchett, “Hogfather” - 1996

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The Great Gatsby (1)
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