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“I owed the greater apology, but at the same time I knew that was done was done, that no matter what I said now I would never be able to make it right.”
“Mr. Upchurch, she fumbled. I... I must take my leave directly. But before I go, allow me to say how sorry I am for the callous way I treated you in the past. I regret it most keenly. His heart sque...”
“Don't apologize.""I wasn't-""Not in words, but it was clear from your tone. Apology suggests that you are keeping me from doing what I need to do, which implies I am somehow powerless to do otherwi...”
“If her mother had been observing this interaction, she'd tell Clementine she was wrong, that she needed to keep talking, to say everything that was on her mind, to communicate, to leave no possibil...”
“Empathy--the ability to identify with someone else's suffering--is certainly a prerequisite for a genuine apology.”
“With every morsel I ate, I looked into her eyes and apologised for not being able to feed her enough. Her eyes, in turn, apologised for not being able to help me in these tough times.”
“You can stay on the porch. Like how you left me on the floor outside our room.""I didn't know what else to do. You found the check, and I panicked.""That isn't an excuse.""I know. And I'm not sayin...”
“Sorry, always sorry. What in the world can you buy with an apology?”
“I'd rather apologize to you for not being who you want me to be than apologize to God for not being who I should be.”
“Never apologize, mister, its a sign of weakness.”
“I was wrong to insult you, and not only because you are my hosts. I am afraid that I mistook kindness for weakness. My apologies. I stand - only with your aid - profoundly corrected.”
“How could he maintain the apology in his eyes without getting carried away by her cherubic innocence?”
“I wish for you the wisdom to realize that forgiveness has nothing to do with an apology.”
“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”
“No sensible person ever made an apology.”
“Apology is only egotism wrong side out.”
“Would 'sorry' have made any difference? Does it ever? It's just a word. One word against a thousand actions.”
“I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think...”
“When she opened her door, Levi was sitting in the hallway, his legs bent in front of him, hunched forward on his knees. He looked up when she stepped out.“I’m such an idiot,” he said.Cath fell betw...”
“Sorry’ is, indeed, one of the most difficult and most powerful words in the English language, provided one can feel and say it at the same time. It’s difficult because you sincerely need to feel th...”
