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Interestingly, Anger And Lust Are Also Elusive States Once They Have Passed. Trying To Recall Why You Were Angry About Something When You've Calmed Down Is Like Trying To Remember Why You Were In Love With Someone Who No Longer Attracts You: The Initial Impulse Triggering The Emotion Is Impossible To Recapture.

We Should Remind Ourselves That Laughing Together Is As Close As You Can Get To Another Person Without Touching, And Sometimes It Represents A Closer Tie Than Touching Ever Could.

Anger Can Offer A Sense Of Indignity To Replace A Sense Of Shame, And Offer A Voice-raised Above Others-which Can Finally Be Heard. Those Voices Are Most Effective When They Are Raised In Unison, When They Have Mercy As Well As Anger Behind Them, And When, Instead Of Roaring At The Anger Of Old Pain, They Sing About The Glorious Possibilities Of A Future Where Anger Has A Smaller House Than Hope.

As A Kid, You Await Holidays With A Wide-eyed, Passionate, Almost Maniacal Enthusiasm. Heavy Breathing Is Involved.

Having A Lean And Hungry Look Was Frowned Upon In My Italian Neighborhood Where A Girl Was Considered Too Skinny If She Could Make Her Knees Touch.