"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean." ― Maya Angelou Topic(s): Anger Tags: bitterness, cancer More From Maya Angelou "I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself." "The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind." "History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." More In Anger "I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards."― Donna Rice "Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger."― Abraham Cahan "Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame."― Benjamin Franklin