a reasoning

He who angers you conquers you. ~Elizabeth Kenny

So I won't let you anger me. I'm done, I'm bowing out. This is where I step down; where I back off, where I leave you be. Because for every minute of anger, you lose sixty seconds of happiness - and that's sixty seconds I'm not willing to give up. No one can be angry and reasonable at the same time, and no one is mentally or physically able to control themselves when rage is all they can feel. I don't want to be like that - I'm making a decision for myself to be in control over what I do. A person is only as big as the things they allow to anger them; I'm bigger than you. I'm stronger than you. I'm rising above you, and all of this. And I'm leaving you behind.