ENGB35H3 Lecture Notes - Albus Dumbledore, Tomboy
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Jo, dear, we all have our temptations, some far greater than ours, and it often takes us all our lives to conquer them. You think your temper is the worst in the world, but mine used to be just like it . Why, you are never angry! and for the moment jo forgot remorse in surprise. I ve been trying to cure it for forty years, and have only succeeded in controlling it. I am angry nearly every day of my life, jo, but i have learned not to show it; and i still hope to learn not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do so. Anger is a constant, never leaving thing. Advising to internalize, to never show your emotions: there is no questioning of why she s angry, just dealing with it. Pokes at the idea of domesticity: women are angry, they are not always accepting of domesticity.
