Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
Interpretation
Anger can provide a strong sense of self-awareness and presence, highlighting one's worth.
In this quote, Toni Morrison suggests that anger is a powerful emotion that can foster a sense of reality and self-awareness. Rather than viewing anger purely as a negative force, she portrays it as something that can help individuals recognize their own worth and presence, leading to a deeper emotional experience.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about emotional intelligence and the importance of acknowledging all feelings, including anger.
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace I am thinking of is not at the mercy of history's rule, nor is it a passive surrender to the status quo. The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one -- an activity that occurs most naturally, most often in the reading/writing world we live in. Accessible as it is, this particular kind of peace warrants vigilance.
You looking good." "Devil's confusion. He lets me look good long as I feel bad.
What do you say? There really are no words for that. There really aren't. Somebody tries to say, 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.' People say that to me. There's no language for it. Sorry doesn't do it. I think you should just hug people and mop their floor or something.
An innocent man is a sin before God. Inhuman and therefore untrustworthy. No man should live without absorbing the sins of his kind, the foul air of his innocence, even if it did wilt rows of angel trumpets and cause them to fall from their vines.
Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itself
One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to.
There are books which we read early in life, which sink into our consciousness and seem to disappear without leaving a trace. And then one day we find, in some summing-up of our life and put attitudes towards experience, that their influence has been enormous.
You learn nothing form your successes except to think too much of yourself. It is from failure that all growth comes, provided you can recognize it, admit it, learn from it, rise above it, and then try again.
There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par.
Sometimes, so much of the difficulty is the question of 'What am I going to write about?' because the world is so vast.
Thereβs a difference between being alone and being lonely. Writers know that. I have never met a writer who does not crave to be alone. We have to be alone to do what we do.
Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.
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