“Revenge is the easiest of emotions to understand and to manipulate.”
“The easiest emotions for an author to evoke from readers are boredom and confusion.”
“Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.”
“Revenge was the emptiest of emotions. Apparently it motivated people to do the stupidest things as well.”
“don't just describe an emotion, arouse it, make them experience it, by manipulating the symbol of the emotion, and sometimes we have to come into awareness through the back door.”
“National identity acts as a consumer lever to manipulate the emotions of the masses, for the purposes of power regulation and the fulfillment of agenda”