Anger Quote by Alfred Lansing

“[he] had learned how to force his mood, to keep himself in the middle ground, neither manic nor hopeless. He seemed a bit lighter…

— John Brandon

“[…] knowing his mood was miserable from lack of sleep […], knowing he was unfair […], knowing all these things but unable to stop…

— Steven Erikson

“He was so physical in his arguments. He loomed and gestured, his face went dark or burned with light. His eyes blazed. And he…

— Kristin Cashore

“He was alone in the doorway, digging the street. Bitterness, recriminations, advice, morality, sadness--everything was behind him, and ahead of him was the ragged…

— Jack Kerouac

“He was seeking no particular place, but a mood, an influence—indeed, a way of life.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

“Normally he was fond of most things. He was a good-natured and cheerful young man, who liked life and the great majority of those…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“What was sad in the world he did not superficially gainsay; what was glad in it he did not cynically slur; and all which…

— Herman Melville

“His single-minded purpose. His unending fury.”

— Stephen King

“His manner showed a curious mixture of longing and enthusiasm, which is to say that his enthusiasms were always of a wistful sort, and…

— Eleanor Catton

“He remembered enthusiasm, hope, and a kind of jubilation or exultation. Cheerfulness, yes, and joviality, and the brief gratification of sex. Gladness, too, fullness…

— Evan S. Connell

“It wasn’t that he was unhelpful, but he had the kind of vague, cheerful helpfulness that serious men soon learn to dread.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Bitterness, recriminations, advice, morality, sadness—everything was behind him, and ahead of him was the ragged and ecstatic joy of pure being (195).”

— Jack Kerouac