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title: "6 Public Confession Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/notoriety-and-public-confession-in-the-literary-form-is-a-frazzler-of/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/jack-kerouac-182_believe_notoriety-and-public-confession-in-the-l_20237.jpg)

> [Ridicule is a public confession of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanna-bonta/ridicule-is-a-public-confession-of-fear/)

[Vanna Bonta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanna-bonta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/vanna-bonta-2261_confession_ridicule-is-a-public-confession-of-fear_1396784.jpg)

> [“for Paul private belief and public confession of it - including baptism - go hand in hand.3 Both are needed for salvation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-gorman/for-paul-private-belief-and-public-confession-of-it-including-baptism/)

[Michael J. Gorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-gorman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d8/michael-j-gorman-29493_faith_for-paul-private-belief-and-public-confe_2106382.jpg)

> [Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/marriage-is-a-ghastly-public-confession-of-a-strictly-private/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/anonymous-1_confession_marriage-is-a-ghastly-public-confession_2278425.jpg)

> [It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/it-s-a-funny-thing-about-rap-that-when-you-say-i-into-the-microphone/)

[Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/zadie-smith-584_confession_it-s-a-funny-thing-about-rap-that-when-y_2412006.png)

> [The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/the-purifying-influence-of-public-confession-springs-from-the-fact/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/george-eliot-84_attitude_the-purifying-influence-of-public-confes_2696261.png)

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