Apologizing Quotes
515 quotes by 431 authors
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Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't.
— Christopher Hitchens
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But you have said it too often, Mr. Benedict!" said Mrs. Perumal in an imperious tone that was quite out of character. "And if you…
— Trenton Lee Stewart
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Only peons made excusses for themselves she taught me. Never apologize, never explain.
— Janet Fitch
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I’m not leaving,†Sam said, his eyes fixed on the boy he was holding. “Not until Disney Princess here apologizes, or his head comes off,…
— Rachel Caine
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What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.
— Rick Riordan
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Maybe she should cut the guy a little slack, [...] Maybe Thorne had been a no-show because something bad happened to him on the job.…
— Tina St. John
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I'll be damned if I apologize for the choices I've made. They were hard decisions, but I had good reasons for making them.
— Christine Feehan
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To apologize for your personal absolutes, for what Sandy Pinter calls your “Core Attachments,†means apologizing for your very existence.
— Walter Kirn
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You just said you were sorry." ... "I was only apologizing," he said stiffly, "for startling you. The applause was to compliment you on the…
— Meg Cabot
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Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world? Have you ever noticed…
— Libba Bray
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I won’t apologize for my past. A man is supposed to have experience.†“From all indications, you’ve acquired enough for ten men.
— Lisa Kleypas
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What are you?†I said irritably. “In the Serengeti, Ms. Lane, I would be the cheetah. I’m stronger, smarter, faster, and hungrier than everything else…
— Karen Marie Moning
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One cannot apologize for something fundamental, and a child feels and knows this as well and as deeply as any sage.
— Hermann Hesse
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I don't feel any shame I won't apologize if there ain't nowhere you can go running away from pain when you've been victimized tales from…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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If you do not apologize to Lady Honoria,†Marcus said, his voice so mild as to be terrifying, “I will kill you.†There was a…
— Julia Quinn
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I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.
— Steig Larsson
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He entertained these thoughts awkwardly, as a man entertains unexpected guests. Then, as he reached his objective, he pushed these thoughts away, as a man…
— Neil Gaiman
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When you apologize, try not to smile at the same time. It ruins the effect
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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Without thinking, [Will] spoke. 'Halt? Are you awake?' 'No.' The ill humor in the one-word reply was unmistakable. 'Oh. Sorry.' 'Shut up.' He pondered whether…
— John Flanagan
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Out loud I said I had two children. Silently I said three. I always felt like apologizing to her for that.
— Alice Sebold
Who Wrote These Apologizing Quotes
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