Anger ... it's a paralyzing emotion ... you can't get anything done. People sort of think it's an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling β I don't think it's any of that β it's helpless ... it's absence of control β and I need all of my skills, all of the control, all of my powers ... and anger doesn't provide any of that β I have no use for it whatsoever. [Interview with CBS radio host Don Swaim, September 15, 1987.] β¨ FaceBook post byToni Morrison from Jul 29, 2011
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