When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us. ~Margery Allingham
My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose. ~Bette Davis
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. ~Burnadette Devlin
She had learned the self-deprecating ways of the woman who does not want to be thought hard and grasping, but her artifices could not always cover the nakedness of her need to excel. ~Faith Sullivan
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted. ~Seneca
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