I made my life, the same way it looks like you're gonna make yours–out of pride and stubbornness and too much anger. You better think hard, Ruth Anne, about what you want and who you're mad at. You better think hard.

Dorothy Allison
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  1. If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind. - Shannon L. Alder

  2. A heart filled with anger has no room for love. - Joan Lunden

  3. Transformation is my favorite game and in my experience, anger and frustration are the result of you not being authentic somewhere in your life or with someone in your life. Being fake about anything creates a block inside of you. Life can’t work for you... - Jason Mraz

  4. I'm not really sure why. But... do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much - pain, frustration, anger... and I still loved her. I still do. - Brandon Sanderson

  5. Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.] - Gautama Buddha

More Quotes By Dorothy Allison
  1. Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.

  2. Write to your fear.

  3. Why write stories? To join the conversation.

  4. I did not begin with craft, I began with strong feelings and worked toward craft.

  5. Before I published any of my own stories, I read a great many stories by people as passionate about writing as I was, and I learned something from everyone I read -- something most important what I should not try to write.

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