All of his friends were body pillows, and all of hers were dolls; so they bonded over their fondness for animating the inanimate. However, because they were not inanimate objects but people with complex emotions, their relationship was sometimes strained.
Don't let your emotions rule you. Be calm!
Being a teacher, you must learn to keep a tight rein on your emotions.
If you keep your emotions bottled up you'll only end up hurting yourself.
If we let our reasoning power be overshadowed by our emotions, we would be barking up the wrong tree all the time.