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“Do you think,” Aedan said, after a while, “that anger is wrong?”
“Don’t know. Maybe it depends on how you use it.”
“Or where it comes from?”
“What do you mean?” Lorrimer asked.
“Well, I used to think real men turned their anger into revenge, and that’s what got them to be respected. But I tried it a few times and it didn’t make me feel like a man any more than swearing or kicking the chickens. But when I saw that old woman today, the anger I felt was huge and it seemed like a right kind of anger.”
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“Don’t know. Maybe it depends on how you use it.”
“Or where it comes from?”
“What do you mean?” Lorrimer asked.
“Well, I used to think real men turned their anger into revenge, and that’s what got them to be respected. But I tried it a few times and it didn’t make me feel like a man any more than swearing or kicking the chickens. But when I saw that old woman today, the anger I felt was huge and it seemed like a right kind of anger.”
―
“Understanding a society means understanding the whole society, not just the part that dresses well.”
― Dawn of Wonder
― Dawn of Wonder
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