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Quotes About Guilt

He knew he had only himself to blame; but it was more or less entirely her fault.
~ Nick Hornby
By now I felt guilty about what I had got my father into. He had developed no real affection for the club, and would rather, I think, have taken me to any other First Division ground. I was acutely aware of this, and so a new source of discomfort emerged: as Arsenal huffed and puffed their way towards 1-0 wins and nil-nil draws I wriggled with embarrassment, waiting for Dad to articulate his dissatisfaction.
~ Nick Hornby
He's a sweet man whose crime was that he didn't love me quite enough, and because this wasn't much of a crime I had to make up some bigger ones.
~ Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
If your hands were not clean, your good actions had grimmer and more relentless consequences than your sins.
~ Nick Joaquín
Shannon: Only the living suffered. Only they were riddled with guilt and regret and unanswered questions.
~ Nora Roberts
And he had no qualms whatsoever about prying into someone's private thoughts and experiences. And no guilt about hoarding his own.
~ Nora Roberts
He almost felt guilty about bringing even fictional murder and mayhem to such a place. Almost.
~ Nora Roberts
Ale nie myli? si? co do kilku rzeczy. Jestem s?aba i g?upia. Jestem bezu?yteczna. Nie chroni?am dzieci, gdy mia?am taka okazj?.
~ Nora Roberts
That's the way some people do business. I don't. It was the tone that made Ty stop. He supposed somehow over the past months they'd become friends. Almost family. Near enough that he understood the guilt, and the frustration. Nobody's saying that, David. Nobody thinks that.
~ Nora Roberts
such sacrifice, to damn an innocent to
~ Nora Roberts
Oggi è il compleanno di mamma". "L'hai già chiamata?": "Non ancora"... "Chiamala e basta. Ti farà sentire una merda. Ma è quello che fanno sempre le madri". Non era per niente quello che facevano sempre le madri. Lei non sarebbe diventata quel tipo di madre.
~ Christos Tsiolkas
Sorry, mom. Sorry, God.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Let me be the ring leader in your guilt gang-bang.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
My stomach hurts, but if it's guilt or impacted stool, I can't tell. Either way, I'm so full of shit.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
This is some­thing I'll go to Hell for.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
There are worse things you can do to the people you love than kill them.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
I'm the dick that killed Cassie Lynn Wright.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
For the white man, his guilt was his biggest badge of accomplishment. Only whites killed the planet with global warming so only whites could save it. Their boasting never let up.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Well, I guess if Jesus could die for my sins, I suppose I can soak up a few for other people. We all get our chance to play scapegoat. Take the blame. The martyrdom of Saint Me. The sins of every man in history landing square on my back.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
parents often rationalized that somehow their kids must have done something to deserve the abuse.
~ Chuck Panozzo
This is where my sin sleeps. In this endless dream.
~ CLAMP
We were children whose only sin was our very existence.
~ CLAMP
One part of love is innocence, One part of love is guilt, One part the milk, that in a sense Is soured as soon as spilt, One part of love is sentiment, One part of love is lust, One part is the presentiment Of our return to dust." Eight lines, and it was all over;
~ Clive Barker
He took a handkerchief from his trouser pocket and wiped hard at his mouth, back and forth, as though a residue of guilt clung there and he was afraid it would give him away.
~ Clive Barker