“Anger is a gift. Remember that." She stood. "You gotta grasp onto it, hold it tight and use it as ammunition. You use that anger to get things done instead of just stewing in it.”
― Mark Oshiro, Anger Is a Gift

“It's an insidious thing," Wanda said. "It never happens overnight. This kind of thing crept into our community a long time ago. It latched on. It fed on prejudice. Selfishness. Peoples inability to see life through someone else's eyes. And it grew, bigger and bigger, until we got to a point where some people don't even question why a cop should be allowed to shoot first and ask questions later.”
― Mark Oshiro, Anger Is a Gift

“But we just wanted to go to school." Her voice broke again. "I'm sixteen. I shouldn't have to beg for that. But we just want to get to class without fearing for our lives.”
― Mark Oshiro, Anger Is a Gift

“It's like people want me to be this version of a person that isn't me. Like, always ready to fight and march and rally, and I don't even get to be myself.”
― Mark Oshiro, Anger Is a Gift

“Anger is about status injury.”
― Martha Nussbaum

“Bullshit makes good fertilizer.”
― Marie Forleo, Everything is Figureoutable

“Oh, Moss," she said. "How little faith you have in others."
"Do you blame me? I don't have much faith to go on these days, what with the world ending around us."
"You know, sometimes it does feel like we're in one of those trendy dystopian novels," she admitted. "Except a lot less white.”
― Mark Oshiro, Anger Is a Gift

“It wasn't the first time Moss had heard the pop of a gunshot. Nor was it the first time he'd heard the sickening sound of air leaving someone's body. The sound meant the worst.”
― Mark Oshiro, Anger Is a Gift

“And, believe it or not, anger often comes bearing gifts. Through anger, God may help us discover what we really want, get us to pay attention to even deeper emotions, help us identify unmet expectations, and sometimes, see the folly of our sin.”
― Geri Scazzero, The Emotionally Healthy Woman: Eight Things You Have to Quit to Change Your Life

“Anger is vital in trauma recovery. It starts by shielding us from those frightening, overwhelming, and devastating emotions that are waiting for us behind that door. We can hold onto that shield until we feel safe enough to open the door and cross the threshold; then, anger turns from a shield to a key.”
― Amanda Ann Gregory, You Don't Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms