"He couldn't even tell whether he was angry……" — Richard Yates

"He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive."

— Richard Yates

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42 Quotes by Richard Yates

Richard Yates has 42 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It's a disease. Nobody thinks or feels or cares any more; nobody gets excited or believes in anything except their…
You want to play house, you got to have a job. You want to play very nice house, very sweet…
He knew it was possible for shame to be nursed and doctored like an illness, if you wanted to keep…
It haunted him all night, while he slept alone; it was still there in the morning, when he swallowed his…
If you haven't written a novel by the time you're forty you never will!
Anybody's marriage might benefit from an occasional embargo on talk.
Acting might bring on emotional exhaustion, but writing tired your brains out. Writing led to depression and insomnia and walking…
Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg--'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it?
I'm only interested in stories that are about the crushing of the human heart.
He had won but he didn't feel like a winner.
God knows there certainly ought to be a window around here somewhere, for all of us.
The Revolutionary Hill Estates had not been designed to accommodate a tragedy. Even at night, as if on purpose, the…

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More Angry Quotes

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Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right… — Aristotle
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the… — Aristotle
I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were… — Karen Armstrong
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded… — Douglas Adams
You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you.… — Drew Barrymore
I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile… — Drew Barrymore
I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor. — Nina Bawden
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good. — Henry Ward Beecher
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry. — Henry Ward Beecher
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. — Ambrose Bierce

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