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“You must remember, though, that most normal people have never seen an orogene, let alone had to do business with one, and She spreads her hands. Isnt it understandable that we might be uncomfortabl...”
“When a person tells you that you hurt them, you dont get to decide that you didnt.”
“In order to apologizereally apologize, and not just utter some wordsfor something one has done or failed to do, one has not only to acknowledge responsibility for but express sincere sorrow and reg...”
“The first reaction is surely the most natural one, but not always the most correct one; thereupon, the invention of apologies.”
“In my dream, people apologized for things that were about to happen, and lit candles by inhaling.”
“Apologies, one loses perspective after spending a week in a brothel.”
“I always apologized for my home to protect myself so people wouldn't think I was a slob, or at least so they would know that I acknowledge I can be a slob and that I'm not okay with it and that rea...”
“I'm sorry I missed the meeting and hurt your little feely-weels okay?”
“Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence.”
“I'm so sorry. I am so sorry for everything.”
“You broke her heart in personyou fix it in person!”
“Halfhearted or insincere apologies are often worse than not apologizing at all because recipients find them insulting. If you've done something wrong in your dealings with another person, it's as i...”
“If other people owe you an apology, and your words of apology to them are proper and heartfelt, you still may not hear from them for a while. After all, what are the odds that they get to the right...”
“Proper apologies have three parts:1) What I did was wrong.2) I feel badly that I hurt you.3) How do I make this better?”
“Never apologize for showing your feelings. When you do, you are apologizing for the truth.”
“Apologies often cannot undo pain; but they can acknowledge it. And part of the cruelty of bullying is that the bruises it leaves are on the inside—it’s a hidden form of violence, shrouded by shame.”
“Charles realized that if he were going to apologize to Chrestomanci, he had better do it at once. He turned around to say it. But the folds had already rippled flat and nothing was the same anymore...”
“one thing I don’t needis any more apologiesi got sorry greetin me at my front dooryou can keep yrsi don’t know what to do wit emthey don’t open doorsor bring the sun backthey don’t make me happyor ...”
“Perhaps there can be no thanks nor any blame, but only recognition of the forces that brought us and bound us to our inevitable fates.”
“What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a massive lie, a misdeed not only to the slandered but also to those manipulated in the process....”
