Quotes About Remorse

It's a common slander of the Jews, but it's no slander of a huge fraction of the Germans. They went like sheep to the slaughterhouse. And then they donned the rubber aprons and set to work.

There's no hurt that's equal to time lost.

A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause him remorse.

I felt a sense of shame like a burning ulcer. This was not guilt: guilt is what you feel when you have done something wrong. What I felt was shame: I was what was wrong.

I lay back against the pillows and stared up at the ceiling. I hated myself. I thought, I am just a destructive force in the world. Look at all the bodies I leave behind me. *

I sat up and my mouth tasted horrible, like stale pot, beer and Cheetos. The exact combination of ingredients that had caused me to pass into unconsciousness on Natalie's floor.

Then, aided by the booze, like a fool I tossed off one of those throwaway lines that would have been better thrown away. Ah, Frank! I thought you were going to be down here fucking Lana.

Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know. And I know that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me one present like everybody else. She would be alive if I were born on a day that didn't snow.

I know that I brought this all on myself. I know that I deserve this. I'd do anything not to be this way.

It was the look on her face when she said it. And how much she meant it. It suddenly made everything seem like it really was. I felt terrible. Just terrible.

Go for the knees, throat, and eyes And I did. And I really hurt Sean. And then I started crying.

And I really was sorry. And I know that she believed me. But when that didn't make any difference, and there was nothing but a bad silence on the phone, I really knew it was too late.

Eu sei que provoquei tudo isso. Sei que mereço. Eu tento de tudo para não ser assim. Faço de tudo para agradar a todos. E não tenho de ver meu psiquiatra, que me explique sobre ser agressivo-passivo. E não tenho de tomar o remédio que ele me passa, que é caro demais para meu pai. E não tenho de falar de minhas lembranças com ele. Ou ser nostálgico com coisas ruins.

I know that I brought this all on myself. I know that I deserve this. I'd do anything not to be this way. I'd do anything to make it up to everyone. And to not have to see a psychiatrist, who explains to me about being 'passive aggressive'. And to not have to take the medicine he gives me, which is too expensive for my dad. And to not have to talk about bad memories with him. Or be nostalgic about bad things.

If I had been psychopathic enough to feel no remorse or religious enough to believe in redemption through a divine outside agency, perhaps I should have been happier; as it was I had neither the consolation that I was free of guilt, nor the conviction that I could ever be forgiven.

In the end we are reduced to saying It seemed like a good idea at the time .

Sorrow for a wrong was better than nothing...but no amount of after-the-fact sorrow could ever atone for joy taken in destruction...

Sorry is the KoolAid of human emotions.

The greatest curse in life that one can acquire is REGRET.

Some commit slow suicide with the sweet poison of their memories.

There are things that once done can't be undone, things that once said can't be unsaid.

By the time most people say 'I'm sorry' it is already too late.

You can't take back the things that have been said neither the actions that have been done.

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.