Confession Quotes

435 Confession quotes by 341 unique authors

It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me.… — Oscar Wilde
Yelena, you've driven me crazy. You've caused me considerable trouble and I've contemplated ending your life twice since I've known you." Valek's warm breath in… — Maria V. Snyder
The only thing I don't divulge is the truth about Mother killing little Carolina. I don't know why. Perhaps I sense he's not ready to… — Libba Bray
This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those… — Erich Maria Remarque
Love is like that. I could crush her beneath the weight of confession. — Ellen Hopkins
A diary is the last place to go if you wish to seek the truth about a person. Nobody dares to make the final confession… — Lawrence Durrell
And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable. — Suzanne Collins
I need to capture my sprite with trembling hands. Except I could crush her. Wonder how many small things of beauty - flowers, seashells, dragonflies… — Ellen Hopkins
My pain is constant and sharp...this confession has meant nothing — Bret Easton Ellis
The man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing," mused the Inspector, "Ha! I have a theory. These flashes come… — Arthur Conan Doyle
I'm not good, Mac. Never have been.' What-true confession time? my eyes tease. Don't need it. 'I want what I want and I take it.'… — Karen Marie Moning
We do not always proclaim loudly the most important thing we have to say. Nor do we always privately share it with those closest to… — Walter Benjamin
Being sent to bed is a terrible command to all children, because it means the most public possible humiliation in front of adults, the confession… — Stefan Zweig
The act of love is a confession. — Albert Camus
Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. “There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I can’t… — Max Lucado
Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the… — George Orwell
Every day my conscience makes confession relying on the hope of Your mercy as more to be trusted than its own innocence. — Saint Augustine
His grace is cheapened when you think that He has only forgiven you of your sins up to the time you got saved, and after… — Joseph Prince
All art is a kind of confession. — James A. Baldwin
Do you think my husband and his soldiers will be overly upset with me?" The priest broke into a wide grin. "I'll stand by your… — Julie Garwood
When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again. (Confessions of… — Sophie Kinsella
Repentance was never yet produced in any man's heart apart from the grace of God. As soon may you expect the leopard to regret the… — Charles Spurgeon
I was not much afraid of punishment, I was only afraid of disgrace.But that I feared more than death, more than crime, more than anything… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The history of a man's soul, even the pettiest soul, is hardly less interesting and useful than the history of a whole people; especially when… — Mikhail Lermontov
She tried to think of what to say to make it all better again, or at least the way it was before she'd made her… — Cheryl Strayed

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