Unlike other excessively well-rewarded folks - the likes of sports stars and entertainment giants, who could perhaps be forgiven for not understanding the resentment they create - business leaders are supposed to have got where they are through, among many other things, an appreciation of how the world works.
Ms. Linehan conjures Bessie's death, not with dignity or fear but with sadness and resentment, understanding that she, a worthy woman, is a victim of senselessness.
What was actually said; and what has been invented by Natalia that went on out of her hearing, in her Italian family from the '30s through the '50s: added exchanges between its members, imaginatively created by familiarity and the emotions, love, resentment, understanding, of which she was part?
Forgiveness is not about simply "turning the other cheek"; it's also about us, about understanding the anger, resentments and grudges that affect our relationships and hold us hostage emotionally.
This means being aware of our feelings of frustration, rage and resentment and understanding the situations that can provoke those emotions.
Perhaps because straightforward bigotry has declined precipitously while more subtle, complex resentments remain, understanding how intolerance shapes politics requires examining not just beliefs, but also the relationship between beliefs and the environments people find themselves in.
They are a vessel for the resentment of not understanding, not being cool enough, not being young enough to get it.
It's a place where intimacy breeds feuds and gossip and long-simmering resentments, but also understanding and maybe even forgiveness, a place where the roots of neighbors' family trees are often mysteriously twisted together, and where the younger generations find themselves reprising — or expiating — the actions of their elders.
Understanding each other and bringing down resentment between cultures - even within cultures - having us be able to support each other, help each other, and understand each other.
Whatever it was, though, it wasn't shame, resentment, anger, or even understanding.
Tywin Lannister won the war by understanding Walter Frey, and knowing he could leverage the resentment.
