“Without pain, there is no call for anger, much less rampaging.”
“Anger was less painful than abandonment.”
“Anger was a reliable defense, but one that allowed no chance of final victory. Anger was a medicine but never a cure, briefly numbing the pain without extracting the thorn that caused the agony.”
“On the Rampage, Pip, and off the Rampage, Pip - such is Life!”
“How much easier my life would be if I did not love you! I thought. How much less painful, but how much plainer. How much less color there would be in the world.”
“Oh that looked painful," called another Puck, a little farther down. "We really need to talk about your anger-management problems.”