The thing about loving someone, is that yelling at them only feels good while you're doing it—as soon as they're gone, all you want to do is take it all back.

—Lauren Barnholdt in Getting Close

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About Lauren Barnholdt

Lauren Barnholdt is an American author of over 30 books including novels for children, adolescents, and young adults, as well as guides for authors.

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That makes me nervous for some reason, to think that something that's such a big deal now could end up being nothing in the future.

—Lauren Barnholdt in Two Way Street

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I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.

—Maxine Waters

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

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Speak when you are angry—and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

—Laurence J. Peter

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