Joy, Guilt, Anger, Love Quotes

“Guilt loads us with fear. Guilt gnaws. It bites. It attacks relentlessly. It’s like a pebble in your shoe that you wish you could get rid of, or some heavy burden. A stinging insect. All such common metaphors apply.”
― Giovanni Frazzetto, Joy, Guilt, Anger, Love: What Neuroscience Can--and Can't--Tell Us About How We Feel

“anger is a strategy we have developed to defend ourselves from attack. It is a mutinous protest against any violation of the delicate borders that safeguard our survival and, I would say, respect.”
― Giovanni Frazzetto, Joy, Guilt, Anger, Love: What Neuroscience Can--and Can't--Tell Us About How We Feel