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“I, however, have really never been anywhere yet, not because some sins or other could wrap themselves around me there, but because I'd rather sin at home, where God even announces the weather to me...”
“Conviction of sin is one of the rarest things that ever strikes a man. It is the threshold of an understanding of God. Jesus Christ said that when the Holy Spirit came He would convict of sin, and ...”
“Expiating a sin does not mean doing something opposite to wallow in guilt, but to use that same guilt to achieve full knowledge of the sin. The fault lies more not in having committed certain acts,...”
“He [Muffat] experienced a sense of pleasure mingled with remorse, the sort of pleasure peculiar to those Catholics whom the fear of hell spurs on to commit sin.”
“You see, sex for Jews is not such a terrible sin. It's just one more physical sport we're gonna stink at.”
“Guilt -- if there was any guilt -- spread out and diffused itself over everybody and everything. . . . Perhaps at some point in time, at some spot in the world, a moment of responsibility existed.”
“I'm not interested in anybody's guilt. Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford. I know you didn't do it, and I didn't do it either, but I am responsible for it because I am a man and a citiz...”
“Everyone makes mistakes, Jenna. Everyone has regrets and guilt for things they should have done differently in their lives. Shit happens, and we do the best we can at the time. You can't blame your...”
“Your mistakes are to help you develop your purpose, not shame and guilt.”
“Look, I don't know who has been telling you over the years that you aren't worthy of love and happiness, but they're idiots. We all deserve it. And if people get hurt along the way, that's life. We...”
“More accurately, on the bed and on the table lay various pieces of what had once been a body.Holmes was leaning with his back against the wall, his countenance deathly white. "The door was open," h...”
“There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until youre useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.”
“Explanations are ghosts of guilt, shadows of sympathy, and I have no use for them.”
“Because even if you buried yourself in guilt, you can't go back and change what happened.”
“My guilt is an ocean for me to drown in.”
“When Gregory says, Are they guilty? he means, Did they do it? But when he says, Are they guilty? he means, Did the court find them so? The lawyers world is entire unto itself, the human pared away.”
“He felt weighted down by guilt and regret for what might have been his last words to all of them.”
“I always ended up doing things I didnt want to do today just so I didnt regret not doing them tomorrow.”
“His remorse was purely physical. Only his body, strained nerves, and cowering flesh were afraid of the drowned man. Conscience played no part in his terrors, and he had not the slightest regret abo...”
“But I rather thought--I mean, I heard you'd killed Balder the Fair.""I never did," snapped Loki crossly. "Well, no one ever proved I did. What happened to the presumption of innocence? Besides, he ...”
