Quotes About Reconciliation

history is neither for excuses nor for revenge 1.

history is neither for excuses nor for revenge

I, for one, dearly hope that a British prime minister will find the heart, and the spirit, to get on his or her knees at Jallianwala Bagh in 2019 and beg forgiveness from Indians in the name of his or her people for the unforgivable massacre

Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive. —C. S. LEWIS, MERE CHRISTIANITY

Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends. Proverbs 17:9

old vengeance is like old cake: still seeming sweet, but so dry that one invariably chokes on it.

I hoped and prayed that they would someday forgive me for leaving them. I hoped and prayed that I would someday forgive myself for leaving them.

I was crying because I had broken my best friend's heart.

At what point do we just re-create the people who have disappeared from our lives?

She wanted to find a way to love them in death, because she forgot how to love them in life.

The United States wants all of us to forget the crimes it committed against the indigenous. The United States wants us to forget. The United States wants us to forget. The United States wants us to forget.

But my grandmother wanted us to forgive her murderer.

I declared a truce with her, at least within myself. Or maybe it's only a partial truce because a half-truce is really just a surrender, right?

I apologize for Pam. I accidentally hit her in the head with a baseball when we were in fifth grade and knocked her out cold. She's never been right since. (Tory)

The hardest part of living is making peace with your past. Most of all, it's making peace with yourself.

Vengeance only destroys the one who seeks it. (Theo- Geary's Grandfather/Acheron)

Lydia: Strange how you always remember the pain someone gave you, but seldom the hurt you caused them.

There are three sides to every story: yours, theirs, and the truth somewhere in the middle.

Fine. You win. I quit. You two deal with this. I'm going home. Packing up all my personal items, and when you, Caleb, end up dead because the coach has your jockstrap or something else I didn't steal but someone else did, don't call me. I'm done and I'm going to hide in a bunker until all of this is over with." – Nick "I hate you, Nick." – Caleb "Feels mutual, Demon." – Nick

You told me once, long ago, to look into a mirror and see your face. I refused to then. But now Mnimi has forced me to look at my own reflection. I've seen it through my eyes and I've seen it through yours. I wish to the gods that I could change what happened between us. If I could go back, I would never deny you. But I can't. We both know that. Now I just want the chance to know you as I should have known you all those centuries ago. (Styxx)

You mean you don't know? (Wulf) No. In fact, I'm thinking right now that one, if not both of us, needs to put down the crack pipe and start this night over. (Cassandra)

You have no idea how much it bothers me to know that I was the man she meant to kill tonight and now I have to protect her." – Ren "Yeah, well, she tried to kill me, too, and I got over it." – Sundown

What the hell are you doing here again? (Terri) I have a question. (Nathan) Tell you what. I'll give you my cell phone number so you can just call me the next time you have one, and save you all the effort of breaking and entering. Free up a lot of your day. (Terri)

Am I forgiven yet?" – Sundown "Find. But only because you look good naked." – Abigail