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“The Auditors fluttered anxiously. And, as always happens in their species when something goes radically wrong and needs fixing instantly, they settled down to try to work how who was to blame.”
“Blame is something that is shared and denied in equal measures.”
“That drew a laugh from Jessamy, but he said, after a moment: “You had better flay me. It was my fault—all my fault!”“I was wondering how long it would be before you contrived to convince yourself t...”
“You’ll never learn anything or impress anyone by making excuses and diverting blame.”
“He blamed every fucker available excepting, of course, the one who was actually to blame, the one sitting in his saddle and getting colder, hungrier, and more lost with every unpleasant moment. ‘Sh...”
“It’s the way I walk through the world, carrying that fear, that the beloved will go, will die, and that I will be the one to blame.”
“. . . nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which things are . . .”
“Blame is the coward’s retreat.They think it frees them, but it confines them… Blame is also the coward’s warden.”
“The only person to blame for your situation is you.”
“She knew there were words so terrible you heard them with your whole body. Guilty. And there were voices to say them. She knew there were people you might almost trust who would hear them, too, and...”
“Scared people don’t really mean what they say, they’re just looking for ways to rationalize everything so they have someone or something to blame. They need to have a reason for what’s happening be...”
“When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen.”
