“As a rule, I had murder in my mind. That day, I had it in my heart.”

“Because of course, for every revelation of weakness, there had to be an equal and opposite show of strength.”

“So that was where we were in our relationship.Derwents scale ran all the way from wouldnt piss-on-you-if-you-were-on-fire to would-kill-for-you-no-need-to-ask-twice. I was quite glad to be somewher...”

“Sometimes the hardest thing is admitting you were wrong. Its hard to say you need to be forgiven.”

“Speculation is a dangerous thing without any evidence to back it up.”

“Hed have denied it to his dying breath but Derwent wasnt as tough as he pretended to be. For the very small number of people he cared about, Derwent would give his all. It made him vulnerable, and ...”

“Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive”

“It's especially hard to admit that you made a mistake to your parents, because, of course, you know so much more than they do.”

“Sometimes the hardest thing is admitting you were wrong. Its hard to say you need to be forgiven.”

“He was, however, unable to give much prolonged or continuous thought to anything that evening , or to concentrate on any one idea; and anyway, even if he had been able to, he would not have found h...”

“Nature can counsel nothing but crime.”

“A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.”

“every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.”

“I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.”

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness an...”